戴隱形眼鏡睡覺前請三思大綱

Taking out your contacts at the end of a long day can feel like a challenge. And if you're already under the covers when you realize you still have them on, it might start to seem like an unnecessary challenge. What's the worst that can happen? you ask yourself, as you shut your eyes and surrender to exhaustion.

結束了漫長一天，這時候取出隱形眼鏡似乎是個挑戰。如果你鑽進被窩後發現還戴着隱形眼鏡，那可能會覺得取出來並無必要。能糟糕到哪兒去呢，你自問道，而後閉上雙眼，臣服於一天的疲倦。

Well, here's the thing. Sleeping in your contacts is actually way worse for your eyes than you can imagine.

事實是，戴隱形眼鏡入睡的危害比你所以爲的要糟糕的多。

Vita Eye Clinic in North Carolina made this crystal clear by posting photos on Facebook of what can happen when you don't take out your contact lenses before bed. The disturbing images show a patient's eye being taken over by a Pseudomonas ulcer. Pseudomonas bacterium "explosively eats away at the patient's cornea in a matter of days leaving a soupy, necrosis (dead tissue) in its wake," the eye clinic's post says.

北卡羅來納州的維塔眼科診所（Vita Eye Clinic）在臉書上發了幾張照片，明確表明睡前不取出隱形眼鏡的後果。這些令人不安的照片顯示，一位患者的眼睛感染了假單胞菌潰瘍。假單胞菌細菌"在幾日內飛速吞噬患者的眼角膜，而後導致組織濃稠、壞死，"該眼科診所的臉書發文如是說。

Pseudomonas ulcers "are a direct result of sleeping in contact lenses," the Facebook post says. Pseudomonas bacterium "is an important cause of ocular morbidity, and its opportunistic characteristics quickly lead to permanent blindness," the post says.

假單胞菌潰瘍"是戴隱形眼鏡入睡的直接結果，"該臉書賬號發文寫道。假單胞菌細菌"是眼部疾病的重要原因，其機會致病性特徵很快就會導致永久性失明，"該發文稱。

"I sleep in my contacts all the time and I've never had a problem." As an eye doctor, I literally hear this daily..

"我一直都戴着隱形眼鏡睡覺，從未出過問題。"我是名眼科醫生，每天都會聽到這種說法。

Patrick Vollmer, the optometrist who treated the patient featured in the post wrote that he'd treated the condition three previous times at the eye clinic the patient ended up at. He urged readers to know the risks associated with sleeping in contact lenses.

帕特里克·沃爾默（Patrick Vollmer）是一名驗光師，也是本帖患者的治療醫師，他寫道，在這位患者來到診所前，類似的情況他已經處理過3起了。他敦促讀者瞭解戴隱形眼鏡入睡的風險。

The Facebook post says, "'I sleep in my contacts all the time, and I've never had a problem.' As an eye doctor, I literally hear this be very clear, I don't ever recommend sleeping in any brand of SOFT contact lenses. The risks outweigh the benefits every time. It takes seconds to remove your contacts but a potential lifetime of irreversible damage if you choose to leave them in. People need to see these images and remind themselves/family/friends to also be aware of contact lens misuse."

他在臉書上寫道，"'我一直戴着隱形眼鏡入睡，從未出過問題。'作爲一名眼科醫生，我每天都聽到這樣的話……爲清楚起見，我不建議戴軟式隱形眼鏡入睡，任何品牌都不建議。因爲這樣做的風險大於益處。只需幾秒鐘你就能取下隱形眼鏡，但如果不取入睡，其造成的不可逆轉的傷害可能會耗費你的一生。人們需要看到這些照片，提醒他們/家人/朋友不要錯誤使用隱形眼鏡。"