originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to News@lemmy.world · 17 days agoWoman blinded by parasites after making mistake with her contact lensesmetro.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkWoman blinded by parasites after making mistake with her contact lensesmetro.co.ukoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to News@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelowleekun@ani.sociallinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up8·17 days agoBeach trip where? Pls specify so i can dodge that place. And could this parasite not infect the eye without contact lenses aswell?
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·17 days agoi think the implication is that the contacts kept the parasite in contact with the cornea giving them time to work into the cornea through small tears, which often occur with people who wear contacts.
minus-squarelowleekun@ani.sociallinkfedilinkDeutscharrow-up6·17 days agoI guess that makes sense. Poor woman.
Beach trip where? Pls specify so i can dodge that place. And could this parasite not infect the eye without contact lenses aswell?
i think the implication is that the contacts kept the parasite in contact with the cornea giving them time to work into the cornea through small tears, which often occur with people who wear contacts.
I guess that makes sense. Poor woman.