TAKING THE PILL
Lens Wearers Feel Effect
The use of oral contraceptives appears to reduce the tolerance of the eye to contact lenses in some women patients, according to discussion at the annual conference of the New Contact Lens Society in Christchurch at the week-end. Previously successful wearers have found that after taking the pill their eyes have suffered increasing discomfort to the point where wearing of the lenses became impossible, it was said. After the pill was discontinued, some were able to resume wearing their contact lenses without further difficulty.
It is believed that the metabolism of the cornea is in some way affected by hormonal changes which accompany use of the pill. The pill alters the balance of hormones in a woman to simulate the situation existing in pregnancy—the hormonal change suspending the production of egg cells. Pregnant women themselves sometimes found temporary difficulty in wearing contact lenses, said Mr A. H. T. Rose (Christchurch).
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31412, 4 July 1967, Page 10
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157TAKING THE PILL Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31412, 4 July 1967, Page 10
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