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Originally Posted by Eagleye
Have you read the article about Mr. Mundine? It's a sad story alright. I hope he bounces back, but he may want to re-think this getting punched for a living thing.
As far as defense mechanisms against our own saliva, I think it's more along the lines of being immune to our own germs.
Not only that, but think about the eye itself. If you have soap on your hands, that's probably a good thing. You get that same soap in your eyes . . .
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Exactly Eagleye. Saliva in your mouth is a good thing. In your eyes, it's not so great. Cleaning your
contacts in your mouth is a very bad idea because--unless you're exceptionally talented--you will need to handle your contacts with you fingers to get them from your eye to your mouth and back, and if you don't wash your hands, there's a potential for infection there.
That's in addition to the other reasons discussed above.