When about to swim, remove Your contact lenses. Causes of eye infections, which is quite dangerous, which could threaten the acanthamoeba keratitis. The BBC quoted, this infection has been plaguing Jeannie Hurst in the United Kingdom, citizens of Southampton, who wear contact lenses when swimming.
The effect is brought about not playing. Patients experiencing excess sensitivity when light enters the eye. It was quite painful. As a result, the patient should stay for a while in the dark room, until fully recovered.
This infection is caused by amoeba that enters the eye through the mediation of the water. Contact lenses can be a medium stay invisible creature. If the infection is severe enough, it occurs may result in a decrease in function of sight permanently. In the case of Hurst, he lost half his left eye function and there is still the possibility of cornea damage is permanent.
Parwez Mosharraf Hossain, a doctor who takes care of Hurst, opthalmologi says, the user must contact lenses immediately consult your eye doctor if you have a complaint in the eyes even though lightly. Mark, eyes suddenly feel sensitive to light or other irritation. If 24 hours this complaint does not disappear, it is advisable to immediately conduct examinations.
"One evening, I really want to look out the window to get a view of the outside world so I opened the curtains of the room in the middle of the night. Once I do that, the light from the moon about my eyes and it was really painful. I never do that again, "said Hurst described the pain of having the infection acanthamoeba keratitis.
For treatment, Hurst had undergone surgery four times and got to do spy a tets drive eye every half an hour. It has not been added to the other treatment session.