Sleeping with the lenses can cause several vision problems. That's what happened to this man last year. Mike Krumhols, 21 years old, forgot to remove his contact lenses in December 2022 and woke up without seeing. One parasite rare, carnivorous, took the boy's eyes.
The case happened in the United States, in Florida. In short, there was nothing more than a 40-minute nap. When asked during an interview with the Daily Star newspaper, he shared that he has been using contact lenses for seven years. During the period of use, he contracted infections and did not remove the lenses.
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With reddened eyes, the boy said he didn't solve the problem and remained without removing the lenses. The change in eye color caused him to develop an inflammation of the corneas, keratitis, which is caused by a rare parasite called acanthamoeba. It feeds directly from the individual's eye.
The case is extremely rare, as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It's something that happens once in every 33 cases among contact lens wearers.
The boy says that the lenses did not stop in his eyes and that he had the feeling that they were “floating”, but he saw no reason to remove them. When he couldn't stand what was happening, the boy decided he would take the lenses and go to the specialist doctor to find out what had happened to him.
The severity reached a level that now prevents the boy from working and doing the normal activities of a 21-year-old, as he has not seen since the incident. In addition to all the conditions, the young man reports that he feels a lot of pain and that he even screams about it.
More than five doctors tried to find an answer until the seventh specialist discovered that the diagnosis was the presence of the parasite. acanthamoeba. All took a month to reach the conclusion.
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