Turkey : Corona virus is transmitted more easily than lenses

Studies show that the corona virus can also spread through the eye through droplets. So how should we protect our eyes against this “invisible danger”? Here are the answers…

INCREASING RISK

Covid-19 disease causes conjunctivitis findings (redness, burr, watering, stinging sensation) in the tears and conjunctival secretions of the infected people.

For this reason, it can be transmitted to the eyes of others by people who are Carriers of Covid-19 or infected with viruses but have no symptoms or by direct contact. In other words, contact of the airborne infection into our eyes can lead to our illness.

Assoc. Dr. Metin Ekinci

Using lenses increases the risk of Covid-19 contamination. Because, due to the use of lenses, it causes our eyes to be open to infection by causing the cornea protective barriers to rupture with the lack of oxygen and scratches after contact.

Apart from this, a person using the lens comes into direct contact with the eye and the environment while wearing or removing the lens. Thus, if there is a virus in the hand or on the surface of the lenses, the risk of transmitting the virus to your own eye is very high. The claim that the lens layer prevents the virus from infecting the eye is also incorrect.

NOT PROTECTIVE

The situation is no different for thick layer lenses. Because the contact lens does not directly cover the so-called ‘conjunctiva’ layer. Since the lens cannot cover the conjunctiva, it has no protection against contamination.

ATTENTION TO THEM!

Those who have to wear lenses should wash their hands frequently and avoid contact with the eyes and the environment without washing the hand. While they change lens solutions once every 3 days, they can change them every day during the pandemic period we are in now.

They can switch to daily ‘disposable’ lenses instead of monthly lenses. Taking a shower is also a useful activity for removing the virus that we have with the eyelids and the surrounding area.

If we come in contact with the person we are sure of having direct viruses, we can remove the viruses or reduce their number by washing the eye baths and cornea and conjunctiva.