Contact Lens History and Contact Lens-related Complications: A Review

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Mashael Al-Namaeh O.D., M.S., Ph.D., FAAO, Dipl ABO

TelaSight Inc Consultant, Louisville, USA.
Adjunct Prof: Oulu Applied Health Sciences, Finland

: Int J Ophthalmic Pathol

Abstract

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About 125 million people globally (2%) use contact lenses, which include 28 to 38 million in the USA and 13 million in Japan. Contac lens complications are common and may lead to significant visionthreatening complications. This presentation will review the history of the contact lens, contact lens solutions and the most common contact lens complications.

Biography

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Al-Namaeh is a clinician and a consultant in Kentucky, USA. She has been also an adjunct professor at Oulu University of Applied Sciences in Finland, Europe. Al-Namaeh is a regular member of grant review panels for a national organization. Al-Namaeh is a committee member at various professionals’ meetings. She has been selected at the Editorial Boards of national journal in the field. She has lectured by invitations to national and international meetings. She has several articles and abstracts publications.