An important information for all, and especially People Who wear Contact Lenses, Millions of contact lens users are at risk of contracting a disease caused by a parasite that feeds on bacteria found on contact lenses. It nibbles through the eyeballs causing permanent visual impairment or blindness, scientists have warned. Many people underestimate the risks of contact lenses, continuing to wear them when their eyes become tired or irritated and not cleaning them as directed. Such practices increase the risk of permanent damage to the cornea, the transparent outer layer of the eye, including a loss of corneal cells, a thinning of the cornea and a change in the cornea's shape, referred to as warpage. "Contact lenses have more of an effect on the cornea than most people realize," said Dr. Thomas J. Liesegang, an ophthalmologist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. He published a review of the literature on the topic in an issue of The CLAO Jou
