The Eye Care Blog

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According to a new survey, women suffering from dry eyes could be the hormonal changes that link menopause.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Tampa, says the Rochester, N.Y.-based company’s contact lens solution caused Helen Hreen to develop an eye infection that required medical treatment to prevent serious damage.

More cases of fungal infections have been reported among people using ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution. Thus the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that consumers should immediately stop using the product.

Three more cases of a dangerous fungal eye infection have been confirmed in Tennessee, and three others are under investigation.

Beware contact lense users a fungal eye infection that can drag you to blindness has just hit Berks County.

Eye patches aren’t necessary in the treatment of simple corneal abrasions, the abrasions on the eye normally don’t affect vision too much, so it is pointless rendering a patient acutely monocular [one-eyed] if there is no good reason to do so, says, researcher Dr. Angus Turner , of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital [...]

Basuch & Lomb, at the center of a probe into several cases of eye fungal infection due to fusarium keratitis, was cited by the federal Food and Drug Administration for quality-control problems in 2002.

Guidelines for contact lens wearers to protect health of your eyes from fusarium keratitis, a rare eye infection, apparently caused by Renu lens solution, by following these guidelines from the American Optometric Association:

A new review of recent studies suggests two popular laser-assisted surgeries to correct nearsightedness are equally effective at restoring 20/20 vision six months to a year after the surgery.