A woman who contracted a parasitic eye infection that left her partially blind is retelling her painful story to offer others a warning: Never swim while wearing contact lenses. Stacey Peoples, an ...

This article is part of MPR’s coverage of the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2019 Meeting, taking place in San Francisco, CA. Our staff will report on medical research related to eye disorders, ...

Teresa Sanchez was in Mexico for a medical procedure nearly four years ago when she kept feeling dry, poking sensations in her right eye. She chalked it up to a potential rip in her contact lens, the ...

The purpose of this study was to estimate the duration of treatment necessary for sequential acanthamoeba laboratory tests from corneal scrapings to become negative, and to assess predictors that ...

Eye Contact Lens. 2013;39(2):158-161. Patient compliance with proper hygiene techniques is critically important for reducing contact lens–related Acanthamoeba spp infection. [2] Perhaps more critical ...

An ongoing outbreak of a rare eye infection has been discovered in contact lens wearers in the UK, a new study reveals. Researchers at University College London found that rates of Acanthamoeba ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has backed approval for Akantior (polihexanide), a potential first medicine to treat acanthamoeba keratitis.

Therapeutic keratoplasty proved effective in treating eyes with Acanthamoeba keratitis. However, it required more revisions than optical keratoplasty. “Although it is desirable to defer keratoplasty ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a protozoan infection associated with contact lens wear, particularly unhygienic ...

ROCKVILLE, Md., May 29 -- A possible parasitic contamination of a cleansing solution for soft contact lens wearers has triggered a national recall of the product. Following reports of a possible ...