Synaomsorgen Blog

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.