Something we hardly ever think of is how the air quality in our homes affects contact wearers. I wouldn’t have thought of it either until I recently got contacts, but now I am more concerned than ever about air quality. Contact lens wearers more more susceptible to eye irritations than those who don’t have a piece of plastic stuck in their eye. The winter environment in a home is usually very dry and this exacerbates the problem with the eyes.
To help remedy this, contact users may want to consider doing two things to help themselves out. Buy a home air purifier and a home humidifier.
First of all, add humidity to the home air. This is perhaps the most simple way to fix some home air quality issues. Dry air causes many particles to float that would otherwise stay on the ground. As our air gets really dry, any movement of theses particles from walking to vacuuming will cause them to get airborne. These particles then have a chance to get in your eyes and cause the irritation.
The second and best way to improve the air quality and reduce the suffering to your eyes is to employ an air purifier. Air purifiers actually remove the dust and particles from the home air. This greatly improves the air quality and helps both your lungs and your eyes. Air purifiers these days are much improved over the ones of the past. Modern air cleaners use a HEPA filter that will remove particles down to the .3 micron size. These particles are much smaller than you can see, but your eyes can feel them and when they get in between your contacts and rub on your delicate eye tissues, it is painful and can cause many problems. Home air purifiers can be bought at your local hardware store and on the web, of course.
Also remember that contact lens rewetting drops can help your dried out eyes. Using them throughout the day or just at night when your contact lenses seem to want to dry out will help keep them moisturized. The worse the air quality, the more rewetting drops you may need to use. If the air quality in your house is bad enough, it is probably also affecting people that do not wear contact lenses.
The reason why contact lens wearers are more susceptible to poor air quality is because your eyes need oxygen from the air around them. Your pupils do not get their oxygen from your blood stream, like other organs in your body. They are more healthy when there is a good flow of oxygen. Some contact lenses allow more oxygen to pass through than others. That’s an important specification to check when you are ordering contact lenses.
Contact lens wearers should try to improve the quality of their home air by following these suggestions.
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