39-year-old mother of two was almost blind after a swim in the pool in contact lenses. The woman was the victim of a microbial keratitis.
Englishwoman Emma Jenkins spent his vacation in Scotland, where she arrived with her family. After the woman visited the pool, she felt a sharp pain in the left eye. However, like many others in this situation, the woman endured the pain for a few days until I returned home. Only then she decided to visit the General practitioner, who immediately sent her to the hospital. Emma found microbial keratitis, which has caused irreversible eye damage. The cause of the disease was swimming in contact lenses.
The infection developed gradually, crying, headaches, blurred vision and the pain that a woman could not open his eyes. She’s been through a cornea transplant, in which a transparent part of the eye replaced. Once this operation has helped her regain vision. Today a woman wants to tell your story to others so they don’t make the same mistakes and always remove contact lenses before swimming in the pool.
The doctors talked about the fact that although contact lenses much make life easier for people with low vision, but improper care can lead to various troubles. For example, it is not recommended to sleep in contact lenses, they must be removed at night. Besides, it is very dangerous to swim in contact lenses, and not only in pools but also in natural waters, as between the lens and the surface of the eye can be the bacteria that are washed out with tears. (READ MORE)