It happens when a parasite that can be found in water invades the eye, damaging the cornea, causing severe pain and ...

Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Keratitis is an eye condition in which the cornea—the clear, round dome covering the eye’s iris and pupil—becomes swollen or inflamed, making the eye red and ...

but also superficial punctate keratitis and pronounced conditions of filamentary keratitis. For tearing deficiencies, as occur in sicca syndrome, not only a reduction of the aqueous phase of the ...

Brooklyn McCasland, a 23-year-old woman, lost vision in one eye after contracting a rare parasitic infection, acanthamoeba ...

She was eventually diagnosed with acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a rare eye infection affecting two in 100,000 people in the UK. Brooklyn was forced to quit her job and now has to "keep her eye shut ...

McCaslands story is a reminder of the risks that come with improper contact lens care and the importance of protecting eye health Read ahead to know!

Eye care specialists could see artificial intelligence help in diagnosing infectious keratitis (IK), a leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide, as a new study finds that deep learning models ...

A new study published in the Graefe’s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology found that ciclosporin A (CsA) 0.1% ...

According to reports, she unknowingly developed a rare parasite infection, Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK), during her trip to Alabama in August. On a GoFundMe campaign set up to support her medical ...

Most (71%) were women, and 79 cases (22.3%) of inflammatory eye disease were reported in the study population. The three most ...

A new systematic review has explored the diagnostic accuracy of deep learning for the diagnosis of infectious keratitis ...

Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in ...