Improper use of contact lenses leads more and more often to severe corneal inflammation

Contact lens wearers should also have sunglasses so that they can take a break from wearing contact lenses. Picture: Anne Rantanen

In summer wearing contact lenses can expose the eyes to risks in a way that many do not think of.

Contact lenses may cause inflammation of the cornea, which in the worst case can puncture the eye.

Keratitis, or keratitis, is an increasingly common reason for treatment in the Husi ophthalmology emergency room. Especially serious corneal infections have increased.