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Use of lens and glasses prescription required

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Even though it may mean an apparent economy, buy contact lenses without a prescription and monitoring of a doctor may end up costing expensive.

Evaluation is the Brazilian Society of Contact Lens, Cornea and Refractometry (Soblec), warning that every four Brazilians who need glasses or contact lenses, make the use of improperly.

The president of the Brazilian Society of Contact Lens, Cornea and Refractometry, Tania Schaefer points out that the inappropriate use of materials can result in treatment longer and would involve the imposition of astronomical resources, compared to the values of contact lenses available on the market.

According to Soblec, glasses and contact lenses are found in places absolutely reprehensible by the medical society, which has started paying attention more on the issue in the last three years due to the high rate of patients who began to show clinical deficits because of irregularities. The products are sold in establishments ranging from street vendors to web shops, without the supervision of an ophthalmologist.

The report of The State found colored contact lenses for sale on the Internet for a price from R$ 23.90. According to ophthalmologist Tania, who does not need values of the treatments, ensures that the price is much higher.

"The lens is a prosthetic, so it is important that the adjustment is made by the physician, because he needs to advance to the alert, do tests to define what the most appropriate lens," says Tania.

She said the adjustment of the lenses must be continuous and controlled, a process that begins and ends in the prescription at the time that the lenses are discarded.

In August, the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM) has approved its assent to the requirement of a prescription to purchase lenses, confirming that the prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses is a unique medical procedure, as it requires knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathology, indications and contraindications.

In the sequence, the Chamber of Deputies rejected the bill 1971/07, which would regulate the profession of optometrist. Thus, the National Sanitary Surveillance published resolution 44/09, which provides mechanisms for monitoring the sale of corrective lenses throughout the country information about restrictions on the use of contact lenses and glasses can be accessed through the Soblec, www.soblec.com.br.



Source: Paraná Online

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