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I hadn’t realized how serious infected eye drops could be. I wear contacts and I’m surprised that there aren’t more cases of infections from lack of proper hyg
by Calvin02 2mo ago
I hadn’t realized how serious infected eye drops could be.
I wear contacts and I’m surprised that there aren’t more cases of infections from lack of proper hygiene and care.
> In 2023, a major eye drop recall was called after drops … were found to be contaminated with a deadly bacteria. Overall, 81 patients were sickened, 18 suffered permanent blindness and four died.
> the drops were contaminated with the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is resistant to standard antibiotics.
> It can infect the eye, leading to vision loss and, in extreme cases, it can spread to the blood and trigger the potentially fatal complication sepsis.
- MaxLeiter 2mo agoAlso see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Compounding_Center_meningitis_outbreak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Compounding_Center... > A New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak that began in September 2012 sickened 798 individuals and resulted in the deaths of 64 people
- Noumenon72 2mo agoPeople on TikTok are getting Acanthamoeba just from wearing their contacts in the shower. I'm glad the eye seems to be able to handle most contact use.
- cedws 2mo agoMe neither. Might take the expiry and “use within” on the bottle a bit more seriously now.