A New York woman, 53, was left blind in one eye after wearing contact lenses in the pool, leading to her contracting a ...
DOCTORS found parasites burrowed into a woman’s cornea after she made a common mistake while swimming in a pool. Maureen ...
Maureen Cronin, a New York lifeguard, nearly lost her vision in one eye after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis by wearing ...
When managing an irritated cornea, choosing among fortified antibiotics, oral antivirals, anti-inflammatories or combination ...
The pooled prevalence of conjunctivitis in mpox was 9%, followed by impaired vision (4%), keratitis (3%), and eye lesions (3% ...
Herpes stromal keratitis (HSK) is a potentially blinding ... preventing pathogens and foreign objects from entering the eye. To properly serve its visual function, the cornea must maintain clarity ...
A 53-year-old woman has almost lost her sight in one eye after being diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) - a rare ...
OSN, a roundtable discusses the management of epithelial ingrowth after LASIK, neurotrophic keratitis and Demodex blepharitis ...
Changing to dailies is worth considering: One study found that people who wear reusable contact lenses are about four times more at risk of developing acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare eye infection ...
Objective: To report the therapeutic practice patterns of silicone hydrogel (SiH) bandage soft contact lenses (BSCL) and the resultant rate of microbial keratitis (MK). Methods: A retrospective ...
New York lifeguard, Maureen Cronin, was left blinded and forced to quit her job after making a horrific contact lenses ...