New Drug May Be Effective for Contact Lens Infection
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 -- The combination of polihexanide (PHMB) and propamidine is safe and effective for treating the rare sight-threatening eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), according to a study recently published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - December 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Over 750,000 Britons guilty of shower practice which could cause sight loss, expert warns
A common shower habit could increase your risk of a parasitic infection, commonly known as Acanthamoeba Keratitis, putting your vision at risk. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bad shower practices can cause 'permanent vision loss' - millions of Britons at risk
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, the optician explained how poor shower habits can increase your risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Reusable Contacts Increase Risks for Acanthamoeba Keratitis
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 -- The risk for Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is tripled in daily wear (DW) reusable contact lens users versus daily disposable (DD) contact lens users, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Ophthalmology.
Nicole... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 30, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Reusable Contact Lenses Increase Risk of Rare Eye Infection: Study Reusable Contact Lenses Increase Risk of Rare Eye Infection: Study
People who wear reusable contact lenses are about four times more likely to get the sight-threatening eye infection acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) than people who wear daily disposable lenses. RELATED ARTICLES:WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ophthalmology News Source Type: news
Reusable contact lens users are nearly four times more likely to develop serious eye infection
The scientists also said that wearing lenses while in the shower, swimming pool or sleeping also raised the risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK). This infection can cause blindness. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Amateur footballer left blind from a parasite after he showered with contact lenses in
Nick Humphreys, of Shropshire, noticed a scratch on his right eye in January 2018. By March, he had gone blind because of Acanthamoeba keratitis, a parasitic infection. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 9, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Notes from the Field: Acanthamoeba Keratitis Cases - Iowa, 2002-2017
In 2015, the University of Iowa Hospitals& Clinics diagnosed 15 new Acanthamoeba keratitis cases. (Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - May 16, 2019 Category: American Health Tags: Acanthamoeba Infection Eye and Vision Health Eye Safety MMWR Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Source Type: news
Michigan woman contracts rare parasitic eye infection from contact lenses
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Traci Lawson, 50, from Lansing, Michigan, was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis, a parasitic infection from poor contact lens hygeine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mother-of-four is left blind in one eye after a vision-robbing amoeba latched onto her cornea
Stacey Peoples, 49, from Denver, Colorado, was unable to see out of her left eye for months after she became infected with the rare amoeba acanthamoeba keratitis in 2014. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 5, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Eye parasite can be avoided with good contact lens hygiene
(Reuters Health) - UK researchers have confirmed an uptick in cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis, an eye infection that most often affects contact lens wearers. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Contact Lenses May Harbor Serious, Blinding Infection
Cases of an eye infection called Acanthamoeba keratitis have tripled in southeast England since 2011, a new study found. For one in every four of people infected, the disease results in a loss of most of their vision or blindness, the research team said. It’s typically caused by poor contact lens hygiene. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - September 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Contact Lenses May Harbor Serious, Blinding Infection
FRIDAY, Sept. 21, 2018 -- Contact lens wearers everywhere need to be on the lookout for a rare, but potentially blinding, eye infection, British researchers warn.
In southeast England, cases of the infection, called Acanthamoeba keratitis, have... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 21, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Outbreak of preventable eye infection in contact lens wearers
(University College London) A new outbreak of a rare but preventable eye infection that can cause blindness, has been identified in contact lens wearers in a new study led by UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital researchers.The research team found a threefold increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis since 2011 in South-East England. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 21, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Trainee air stewardess, 24, almost goes BLIND after swimming with her contact lenses in
Natalie Rance, from Bristol, picked up acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), an infection triggered by an amoeba found in water. Without treatment, it can penetrate through the eyeball. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
