We consulted eye doctors to find out what you need to know about caring for your contacts and when to replace them.

Here are the serious eye health risks of wearing contact lenses for too long, including infections, inflammation, corneal ...

People who wear contact lenses have a higher risk for keratitis, an infection of the cornea, the clear outer covering of your eye. They're also called corneal ulcers. Viruses, bacteria ...

Swimming or showering while wearing contact lenses can raise a person’s risk of developing Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but serious eye infection. Since contact lens wearers are at a higher ...

Objective: To report the therapeutic practice patterns of silicone hydrogel (SiH) bandage soft contact lenses (BSCL) and the resultant rate of microbial keratitis (MK). Methods: A retrospective ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but sight‐threatening infection of the cornea primarily associated with contact lens wear. This condition arises when Acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba ...

The condition, called Acanthamoeba keratitis, is rare in the U.S., but when it does strike, it most often affects contact-lens wearers. McCasland, 23, who has lost vision in her right eye and is ...

Individuals who wear any type of contact lenses are at the highest risk for contracting Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK). A serious eye infection that affects the cornea, AK is caused by exposure of ...

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Cohen, M.D.; Kristin M. Hammersmith, M.D. In designing our case series, we looked at the presence of EDs, topical ABX use, topical STR use, length of lens wear, number of lens changes, type of ...