“Showering in contacts is risky,” Dr. James Kelly, an ophthalmologist and founder of Kelly Vision, told HuffPost. “Tap water ...

SIFI, a leading international pharmaceutical company specializing in ophthalmology, is pleased to announce a scientific collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco ("UCSF") aimed at ...

Another area where contacts can complicate things? Swimming. Experts say you shouldn’t swim with your contacts in your eyes, ...

Wu, J.J. and Liang, G.H. (2025) Progress in Diagnosis and Treatment of Fungal Keratitiss. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 13, 138-146. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2025.133011 .

Increased tear flow, redness and foreign body sensation are the initial symptoms associated with foreign body in the eye, followed by pain, photophobia and ciliary injection. Signs of possible ...

Maureen Cronin, a New York lifeguard, nearly lost her vision in one eye after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis by wearing contact lenses while swimming. Initially misdiagnosed, she later ...

It was only when Cronin visited a specialist a month later that she was diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) - a parasitic eye infection. She recounted: 'I was giving lessons to kids in backyard ...

Current clinical interventions for bacterial keratitis involve the administration of topical antimicrobial agents and systemic antibiotics. However, the misuse and overuse of antibiotics have led to ...