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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: contact lenses + eye infection + eye  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/12/2008)

Protective Eyewear Key to Sports Safety
Washington Post, United States - May 10, 2008
Consequences can include infection and vision loss, and people who've suffered eye injuries have an increased risk of developing glaucoma. Eye protection is ...
Cataract patients say goodbye to glasses thanks to new lens implant
Chicago Daily Herald, IL - May 11, 2008
Infection, retinal detachment, and an increase in eye pressure, while rare, do occur but can almost always be successfully treated. ...
Children, Teens at Greater Risk Than Adults of Exposure to ...
Earthtimes (press release), UK - May 8, 2008
Contact lenses should not be worn for longer periods than recommended by an eye care professional. As with all contact lenses, eye problems, ...
Considering LASIK Surgery? Read This
U.S. News & World Report, DC - Apr 30, 2008
Contact lenses can distort the shape of the cornea, according to McDonald, making it harder for surgeons to take accurate measures of the eye's refractive ...
As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries
New York Times, United States - Apr 23, 2008
... receive implanted contact lenses. Most past studies have focused on the degree of vision correction attained and medical complications like infection, ...
Keep an Eye on Allergies This Season
Earthtimes, UK - Apr 17, 2008
Individuals should not wear lenses if they have an eye infection or experience eye discomfort, excessive tearing, vision changes, redness, or other eye ...
Contact Lenses Can Present Risks To Eyes
InjuryBoard.com, FL - Apr 16, 2008
Serious conditions can result from contact wear which include infections and corneal ulcers. The key aspect of eye infection is that it is hard for an ...
Learn the basics for healthy eyes
Leduc Representative, Canada - Apr 25, 2008
For contact lens wearers, one of the most basic and important steps in proper eye care is to both rub and rinse lenses. Although many solutions on the ...
Alcon's First Quarter Sales Rise 16.2 Percent; Net Income ...
WELT ONLINE, Germany - Apr 23, 2008
Consumer eye care sales increased 12.1 percent, or 6.2 percent on a constant currency basis, to $210.1 million. Sales of contact lens disinfectants grew ...ACL - PINK:NVSEF
Infections Control And Contamination Of Daily Use Objects
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Apr 21, 2008
This could be dangerous as poor compliance with lenses care procedures and rubbing of the eyes can introduce fungi into the eye. ...
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Spectrum of Fungal Keratitis at Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
MAG Tanure, EJ Cohen, S Sudesh, FRC Ophth, CJ … - Cornea, 2000 - corneajrnl.com
... steroids, antibiotics, antivirals, epithelial defects, contact lens wear, previous ...
on topical steroid therapy to the eye at the time of onset of infection. ...

Haemophilus influenzae adherent to contact lenses associated with production of acute ocular … -
PR Sankaridurg, MD Willcox, S Sharma, U Gopinathan … - Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1996 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
... H. influenzae colonization of the contact lens and eye may be ... with fever at the time
of the event, with concurrent upper respiratory tract infection. ...

Incidence and risk factors for microbial keratitis in Hong Kong: comparison with Europe and North … -
NPG Contact - Eye, 2002 - nature.com
... eye (11 cases; 12.8%), previous herpes infection (11 cases ... 10 patients had an apparently
normal eye with no ... Patients with MK wearing contact lenses did not have ...

General and local contact lens induced papillary conjunctivitis (CLPC) -
C Skotnitsky, PR Sankaridurg, DF Sweeney, BA … - Clin Exp Optom, 2002 - optometrists.asn.au
... was rated as very slight to slight in both eyes. ... region of the palpebral conjunctiva
of the right eye (Figure 4a ... OD: 6/4.8 -2 and OS 6/4.8 with contact lenses. ...

Hypoxic Effects on the Anterior Eye of High-Dk Soft Contact Lens Wearers Are Negligible. -
M Covey, F MOptom, DF Sweeney, R Terry, PR … - Optometry and Vision Science, 2001 - optvissci.com
... study may have been exacerbated by the mechanical interaction of these lenses with
the eye. ... used as an index of the ocular response to contact lens wear 9 ...

Tear immunoglobulins in giant papillary conjunctivitis induced by contact lenses.
PC Donshik, M Ballow - Am J Ophthalmol, 1983 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... The fellow eyes were equally symptomatic in two patients ... especially in the more
symptomatic eye (geometric mean ... control group who also wore contact lenses (2.1 IU ...

Allergic eye disease--a clinical challenge. -
RJ Buckley - Clin Exp Allergy, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... such as contact lenses. Attention to lens hygiene or switching to different lenses
and treatment with a chromone are frequently effective. In all allergic eye ...

Allergic and immunologic disorders of the eye. Part II: Ocular allergy -
L Bielory - The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2000 - Elsevier
... to a panel of specific flower pol- lens occurred in ... on external causes AC VKC AKC
GPC Contact Bacterial Viral ... inflam- matory process of the eye with disabling ...

Effects of long-term extended contact lens wear on the human cornea. -
BA Holden, DF Sweeney, A Vannas, KT Nilsson, N … - Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 1985 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
... The lens-wearing eye showed a 14.8% reduction in ... and amblyopic subjects who did not
wear contact lenses. ... can be minimized by fitting lenses that have greater ...

Thimerosal: a hidden allergen in ophthalmology -
A Tosti, G Tosti - Contact Dermatitis, 1988 - Blackwell Synergy
... Multi- dose containers of ophthalmic products and contact lens solutions need
to be preserved because the afflicted eye is prone to infection. ...

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Wearing Contacts In The Pool May Lead To Eye Infections
It's hot outside and you're ready for a swim, but contact lens wearers should beware; wearing contacts in the pool could lead to eye infections, say physicians at the Harris County Hospital District.

"Soft contacts can be a reservoir of toxicity," said Dr. Reza Farahani, optometrist at Acres Home Health Center and instructor of ophthalmology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston. "Since they contain a lot of water, they can act as a sponge for microorganisms and chemicals. In some cases - if the pool water is dirty - it can lead to corneal infections and/or ulcers."

A corneal ulcer is an open sore on the cornea. Symptoms include red eyes, severe pain, blurry vision and feeling that something is in the eye. If you suffer from these symptoms, Farahani suggests visiting your eye doctor.

To prevent infections, Farahani recommends taking contacts out before swimming and using tightly sealed prescription goggles or wearing disposable contacts that can be thrown away immediately after swimming.

But if a person insists on swimming with non-disposable contacts, Farahani recommends cleaning and disinfecting the lenses immediately after swimming.

"Proper contact lens hygiene is the key to keeping eyes safe," Farahani said.

The Harris County Hospital District is the public health care system for the nation's third most-populous county.

It provides more than 1.1 million health care visits each year to uninsured and underinsured residents of Harris County.

The hospital district operates Ben Taub General Hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Quentin Mease Community Hospital, 12 community health centers, a dental center, eight school-based clinics, 13 homeless shelter clinics and four mobile health units.

Harris County Hospital District

 
 
 
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