LBL-NVU-PIB r3, Patient Instruction Booklet
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lenses. It is best to put on your lenses before putting on make-up. Water-base cosmetics are
less likely to damage lenses than oil-base products.
• Do not touch contact lenses with your fingers or hands if your hands are not free of foreign
materials, as microscopic scratches of the lenses may occur, causing distorted vision or injury
to your eye.
• Exposure to water while wearing contact lenses in activities such as swimming, water skiing,
and hot tubs may increase the risk of ocular infection. Ask your Eye Care Professional about
wearing contact lenses during sporting activities.
• Never wear your lenses beyond the period recommended by your Eye Care Professional.
• If aerosol products such as hair spray are used while wearing your lenses, exercise caution
and keep your eyes closed until the spray has settled.
• Always handle your lenses gently and avoid dropping them.
• Avoid all harmful or irritating vapors and fumes while wearing your lenses.
• Never use tweezers or other tools to remove your lenses from your lens blister pack unless
specifically indicated for that use. Pour the lens into your hand.
• Do not touch the lens with your fingernails.
• Always discard your lenses after the recommended wearing schedule prescribed by your
Eye Care Professional.
• Always contact your Eye Care Professional before using any medicine in your eyes.
• Always inform your employer of being a contact lens wearer. Some jobs may require use of
eye protection equipment or may require that you not wear contact lenses.
• As with any contact lens, follow-up visits are necessary to ensure the continuing health of
your eyes. You should be instructed as to a recommended follow-up schedule.
• You should never exceed the prescribed wearing schedule regardless of how comfortable
your lenses feel. Doing so increases the risk of adverse effects.
• Do not use your lenses past the expiration date.
• Certain medications may cause dryness of your eye, increased lens awareness, lens
intolerance, blurred vision or visual changes.
• Oral contraceptive users could develop visual change or change in lens tolerance when
using contact lenses.
• Do not use if the sterile blister package is opened or damaged.
• Never allow anyone to wear your lenses. They have been prescribed to fit your eyes and to
correct your vision to the degree necessary. Sharing lenses greatly increase the chance of
your eye infections.
ADVERSE REACTIONS (PROBLEMS AND WHAT TO DO)
You should be informed that the following problems may occur when wearing contact lenses:
• Your eye stinging, burning, itching (irritation), or other eye pain.
• Comfort is less compared to when lens was first placed on your eye.
• There may be feeling of something in your eye (foreign body, scratched area).
• Excessive watering (tearing) of your eyes.
• Unusual eye secretions.
• Redness of your eyes.
• Reduced sharpness of your vision (poor visual acuity).
• Blurred vision, rainbows, or halos around objects.
• Sensitivity to light (photophobia).
• Feeling of dryness.
• Foreign body sensation.
