Severe Ocular Complications Associated With Wearing of Contact Lens in Japan

Purpose: To determine the awareness regarding contact lens related ocular complications among opticians of Lahore and to find out the relationship between the awareness and their educational qualification. Study Design: Cross sectional survey. Place and duration of Study: University of Lahore from April 2020- December 2020. Methods: This survey included opticians of different areas of Lahore, Pakistan. Two hundred and eleven opticians responded to a pre-tested, structured close ended questionnaire. Data comprised of demographics and contact lens selling experience. Information regarding awareness about contact lens related complications was also sought. The data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0. Results: A total of 211 opticians participated in the survey. All subjects were males. Fifty four (25.6%) subjects were from the age group of 15 to 30 years, 122 (57.8%) were from the age group of 31 to 45 and 35 (16.6%) were from the age group of 46 to 60 years. Only 4.7% had contact lens dispensing diploma. Thirty seven percent patients had contact lens selling experience of 2 to 10 years. Similar percentage had more than 10 years of experience. Ten percent had less than one year of experience. Only 54 participants out of 211 had knowledge about dry eye, 9 knew about Acanthamoeba keratitis and Bacterial keratitis and only 2 were aware of corneal opacity. Conclusion: Majority of the opticians of Lahore are unaware of the contact lenses related complications. Sale of cosmetic lenses for fashion purpose should be discouraged and banned if not prescribed by optometrist/ ophthalmologist. Key Words: Opticians, Contact lenses, Bacterial Keratitis.

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Ocular complications of soft contact lens wearers in a tertiary eye care centre of Nepal

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye ◽

10.1016/j.clae.2012.11.002 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 113-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Kishor Sapkota ◽

Madalena Lira ◽

Raul Martin ◽

Sanjeev Bhattarai

Keyword(s):

Contact Lens ◽

Care Centre ◽

Eye Care ◽

Soft Contact ◽

Ocular Complications ◽

Soft Contact Lens

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Image analysis of contact lens grading scales for objective grade assignment of ocular complications

10.1117/12.610226 ◽

2005 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elisabet Perez-Cabre ◽

Maria S. Millan ◽

Hector C. Abril ◽

Edison Valencia

Keyword(s):

Image Analysis ◽

Contact Lens ◽

Ocular Complications ◽

Grade Assignment ◽

Grading Scales

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Ocular Complications in Contact Lens Wear and the Risk Factors: A retrospective analysis

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/ebpj.v6i17.2881 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (17) ◽

Author(s):

Elly Liyana Zainodin ◽

Nur Aresya Ahmad Najmee ◽

Farah Najwa Hamzah ◽

Noor Haziq Saliman

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Retrospective Analysis ◽

Contact Lens ◽

Publishing House ◽

Conjunctival Hyperemia ◽

Ocular Complications ◽

Contact Lens Wear ◽

Risk Parameters ◽

Clinical Records ◽

The University

Contact lens-related complications might range from harmless irritation to sight-threatening reactions. The key to prevention other than adhering to good hygiene is preliminary eye examinations and timely aftercare assessments. A retrospective analysis of 33 patient clinical records at the university clinic was performed to determine the ocular complications among soft contact lens wearers and its risk factors. Overall, findings indicate that conjunctival hyperemia was the most prevalent complication. Poor lens fit was associated with limbal injection and CLPC. Sleeping with lenses was the most non-compliant behaviour. Eyecare practitioners need to be alarmed by these risk parameters among the young wearers. Keywords: Contact lens; complications; risk factors; hygiene eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI:

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