Doctor’s blog

The importance of exercise to remain fighting fit is known to all, but unfortunately not many of us do regular exercise. The reasons of not doing regular exercise are many and it is different for different individuals. We all should try to find out our own as what is the major obstacle for us for not doing regular exercise. The reason may be lethargy, lack of motivation, inability to find and adjust time for exercise etc.

If you are not doing regular exercise you can try going to gym for motivation and also you will get many equipments which are not available at home. You can also find some like minded persons who go for a jog daily in the morning or evening. The reason of your need for regular exercise may also be different from others. If you have low backache or backache problems you should try using equipment for back exercise like teeter hang ups inversion table, which are very good for exercise for backache. Teeter 550 has some additional features over other hang ups inversion tables, like new flex technology bed which gives comfort to your back along with exercising your back to relieve back pain.

The hang ups inversion tables are very helpful for relieving back pain, which use earth’s natural gravity to relieve back pain. These hang ups inversion tables also help in improving circulation and lymph flow, improves flexibility of muscles and range of movements at the joints, and also reduces muscular tension if present and one of the causes of back pain.

Most important is to continue doing exercise which is best for you, especially if you have any medical problem for which you need regular exercise. But at the same time you should be aware that wrong type of exercise may harm you instead of good, so consult your doctor or fitness expert for advice regarding you exercise and the type of gym equipment you should use.

If you have chosen to use contact lens instead of glasses or if you eye surgeon advised you to use contact lens it is vital to take precaution and take proper care of the eyes as well as contact lenses. You have to take care of your eyes and of course you have to take care of your contact lenses too. You should always ask your doctor about how to take care of the contact lenses and also what precautions you should take while using contact lens. If you have any doubt, you should clarify the doubt immediately from your doctor or health care provider.

The care for your eye starts with not wearing contact lens 24 hours a day. Wearing contact lens continuously may cause irritation to the cornea and also it may reduce oxygen supply to the cornea and cause problem. You should always remove contact lenses during sleeping (which may be night time sleep or day time nap). Wearing of contact lens, especially hard type of contact lens during sleep may cause injury to the eye. Use of soft type of contact lens may reduce the chance of injury due to wrong handling of the contact lenses.

Before you touch contact lenses (for wearing them) you should wash and rinse your hands thoroughly with soap and clean tape water. The soap should not contain any fragrance, or any allergen. The soap should not contain any antibacterial substance as it may destroy the normal bacterial flora of the eye due to improper washing or cleaning/rinsing of hands. The normal bacterial flora of the eye does not allow the pathogenic bacteria to colonize the eye. You should also wash your face (eyes) thoroughly with the same soap used for washing and rinsing your hands.

The technique of inserting/wearing contact lens should be learned and practiced properly as improper technique can cause injury to the eye, especially cornea. You should learn the technique from your health care provider and practice it before actually using contact lens. The technique of wearing hard type and soft type of contact lenses are slightly different.

The main use of contact lens is corrective, i.e. to correct the refractive errors of the eye like myopia (short sightedness where the individual is unable to see objects far from him/her), hypermetropia (near sightedness where the individual is unable to see objects which is nearer to him/her), astigmatism (a condition where light rays do not fall on retina due to curvature problem of lens), presbyopia (where individual is unable to adjust his/her eyes fast while seeing near and fast objects very fast). But these days of fashion many individuals are using contact lenses for cosmetic reason, to make eyes more beautiful or to change the appearance of the eyes or simply to experience the different looks of the eyes. For many individuals contact lenses may serve dual purpose of correcting vision as well as cosmetic purpose.

The USFDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) terms the cosmetic contact lenses as “decorative contact lenses”. Cosmetic contact lenses can cause irritation, especially in the initial stage but on long term use the eyes get accustomed with the lenses and cause no more irritation or discomfort to the eye. But still, experts advise not to use cosmetic lenses for very long time although several research and studies has found no correlation of cosmetic contact lenses with any form of permanent eye damage.

Although use of cosmetic contact lenses is in the rise still they constitute very small percentage of total use and constitute less than 5% of total contact lens use. If you use contact lens, it should be used strictly with aseptic precaution; otherwise it may give rise to many complications like infection and injury to the cornea.

We all know about contact lenses and the uses of contact lenses as a replacement of glasses or spectacles to correct vision problems or refractive errors of eye. The common refractive errors of the eye are myopia, astigmatism, hypermetropia etc. As there are several uses of contact lenses, there are also several types of contact lenses e.g. hard contact lens, soft contact lens or simply soft lens etc.

Although the main use of contact lens is correction of vision and it started for this purpose. But these days contact lenses are used for many other purposes like cosmetic use of contact lenses. For cosmetic purpose contact lenses are available in different (as you desire) colors, although the commonly used contact lenses are of faint blue color for making the contact lens more visible in the washing or cleaning solution as well as in storage solution.

Contact lens has to be used and stored with care and to overcome this storage problem disposable contact lenses are available. Soft contact lenses have several advantages in compare to hard contact lenses, although the soft contact lenses are costlier in compare to hard contact lenses. Soft contact lens is easier to use and are much more comfortable to the eye and can be worn for longer duration without much discomfort, which can be a problem with hard contact lens. Disposable soft lenses are very commonly used due to the comfort and ease to use them.

The cosmetic contact lenses are used for changing the appearance of the eye. Cosmetic contact lenses not only change the appearance according to your desire, but it can correct your vision too, if you have vision problem and serve dual purpose of correcting vision and at the same time makes you look better.