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Corneal staining as a response to contact lens wear

journal contribution
posted on 2010-09-01, 00:00 authored by D Fonn, R Peterson, Craig Woods
Objective: To review the effects of contact lenses on the corneal surface.

Methods: A review of the literature and in-house research of corneal staining and its various forms of presentation.

Results: Corneal staining manifests in many different forms. The severity of staining or insult of the cornea is usually determined by the extent (area of coverage), density, and depth. The cause of staining is multifactorial, and its location is often linked to the type of lens that is being worn, the solution used to clean/disinfect the lens, the state of hydration of the soft lens, and the state of the cornea that has been affected by the lens.

Conclusions: Sodium fluorescein dye effectively highlights corneal integrity changes referred to as corneal staining. This review describes the manifestations, the cause, the mechanisms, and the methods of remediation of corneal staining.

History

Journal

Eye and contact lens

Volume

36

Issue

5

Pagination

318 - 321

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Location

Philadelphia, Pa.

ISSN

1542-233X

eISSN

1542-2321

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2010, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins