Contact Lens Solution

Eye Health Information

Eye Health Information

Are you aware of the following eye health information?

  • 20/20 vision is a term used to express normal visual acuity (the clarity or sharpness of vision) measured at a distance of 20 feet. If you have 20/20 vision, you can see clearly at 20 feet what should normally be seen at that distance. If you have 20/100 vision, it means that you must be as close as 20 feet to see what a person with normal vision can see at 100 feet.1
  • Seventy-two (72) percent of the American adult population (147.9 million people) require some form of vision correction.2
  • One in seven Americans wear contact lenses, two-thirds of which are female.
  • Fifty (50) percent of contact lens wearers are 25 to 44 years old.3
  • Seventy (70) percent of people who use computers every day will develop vision problems such as dry eye.4
  • More than one million Americans age 40 and older suffer from blindness today and an additional 2.4 million are visually impaired.5
  • In the United States, contact lenses can be legally purchased only with a valid written prescription.
  • Contact lenses are made of many different types of plastic, but they are divided into two main groups: soft or rigid gas-permeable.6
  • Eighty (80) percent of contact lens wearers wear daily soft contact lenses.6

"It's important for patients to understand the seriousness of eye infections and diseases," says Dr. Kathryn Colby MD, PhD, Director of the Joint Clinical Research Center at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary. "Improper contact lens care can lead to serious eye infections."

"To avoid serious conditions, like Acanthamoeba keratitis, I recommend using a contact solution, such as OPTI-FREE® RepleniSH® Multi-Purpose Disinfecting Solution, which uses key ingredients to clean, disinfect and remove protein deposits right in the case, without rubbing," says Dr. Colby.

  1. Retrieved from the American Optometric Association website, July 2005.
  2. Vision Council of America (personal communication, April 2005).
  3. Contact Lens Institute, May 2003 as cited on http://www.aoanet.org/x1828.xml.
  4. American Optometric Association as cited on http://vision.about.com/od/basiceyehealth/a/eyefacts.htm.
  5. National Eye Institute as cited on http://vision.about.com/od/basiceyehealth/a/eyefacts.htm.
  6. White, Gina. (March, 2005) Contact Lenses: More Choices Than Ever. Retrieved July 19, 2005 from www.allaboutvision.com.