Man Goes Blind In One Eye After Sleeping With His Contacts In (Graphic Photos)

Chad Groeschen says he has a "cautionary tale." WARNING: Graphic images below.   While at work late last month, the 39-year-old noticed his left eye was especially itchy. He thought it was just allergies.   The next day, Groeschen said, he woke up to find that his eye was "kind of goopy" and his vision was impaired. The day after that, his vision was even worse.     A friend referred Groeschen to the Cincinnati Eye Institute, where doctors told him his eye was infected with Pseudomonas bacteria. The disease can "incubate" underneath contact lenses, Groeschen said. Doctors gave him antibiotics that have gotten rid of the infection, but he had developed a corneal ulcer and is now blind in one eye because of the scar tissue the bacteria left behind. "It's like looking through an opaque piece of glass. The infection kind of eats your cornea," Groeschen said. "As the infection goes away, the scar tissue from the infection impairs your vision."  He added that the specialists he has seen tell him he'll likely need a cornea transplant to restore his vision, which takes a year to fully recover from.  Groeschen, who runs a design-based renovations business, said he's behind on all his work projects and has had to cancel a vacation. The box for the contacts Groeschen wore overnight claims it's OK to sleep in them, he said.  But, BuzzFeed points out, in 2013 the American Academy of Ophthalmology warned ...
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