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A woman in the US lost vision in one eye due to a rare parasite infection that developed after she went swimming with her contact lenses on. 23-year-old Brooklyn McCasland was visiting Alabama with her friends in August when she contracted the parasite acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) – an amoeba that can damage the cornea and…
She simply thought she was having some irritation from daily contact use. A 25-year-old woman in the UK nearly lost her vision after she developed an ulcer on her eye, BBC reported. According to the doctors, the ulcer was caused by her contact lenses. Notably, Steph Carrasco was suffering itchiness in her eye, following which she…
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