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An estimated 45 million people in the United States wear contact lenses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Unfortunately, a recent CDC study showed that more than 80 percent of contact lens wearers reported at least one behavior that put them at risk for a contact lens-related eye infection. These reported behaviors included sleeping or napping in lenses, swimming in lenses, and replacing both lenses and lens storage cases at intervals longer than those recommended.