Reusable contact lenses raise risk of rare eye infection, experts warn

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Wearing reusable contact lenses could increase the risk of getting eye infections, including a rare sight-threatening infection, experts have warned.

A group of researchers from University College London (UCL) and Moorfields found that people who wear reusable contact lenses are nearly four times as likely to develop the eye infection as those who wear daily disposable lenses.