London: In a shocking incident, a man in Florida lost sight in one eye shortly after falling asleep with contact lenses in. According to a report published by the Mirror, twenty-one-year-old Mike Krumholz fell asleep wearing his contact lenses, however, a rare flesh-eating parasite caused a serious infection to develop in his eye, resulting in loss of vision in one eye. Has gone. , Krumholz later told his story that he had decided to take a nap after a busy day but forgot to take out his contact lenses. He has been wearing contact lenses for about seven years and is no stranger to eye infections or ‘pink eye’ if he ever forgets to remove them.
However, this time things took a turn for the worse and Krumholz was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis in the right eye. According to doctors, Krumholz fell asleep with his contact lenses on and developed Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare flesh-eating parasite that gets into the eye and begins to eat away tissue.
Due to damage to his right eye, he was blind for more than 50 days, unable to work, study or generally lead a normal life. “In my bedroom, I have the storm shutters up and all the lights are turned off. It’s so weird that I can’t see people,” he was quoted as saying.
He added, “You don’t want people to feel bad for you, but at the same time you want to sound like a 21-year-old guy who’s in college.” Krumholz later created a GoFundMe page to spread awareness to other contact lens wearers and help support herself while battling the debilitating parasite. He managed to raise about US$1,000 out of his US$10,000 goal.
On a page created on February 7, Krumholz described what happened to him. I woke up and it felt like bad allergies or maybe even pink eye. I was misdiagnosed with HSV1 in my eye, but after visits to five different ophthalmologists and 2 cornea specialists, I was diagnosed with a very rare parasite called Acanthamoeba keratitis in my eye,” said the 21-year-old “I’ve had a surgery called PDT transfer of the distal conjunctival flap,” Krumholz said, adding that it’s extremely painful and he has “absolutely no vision” in one eye.
After more than a month of visits to five different ophthalmologists and two cornea specialists, she was also misdiagnosed with HSV1 (herpes simplex virus) in her eye, finally concluding that she had a history of eating meat. The one was a parasite.
Krumholz has since performed a surgery called PDT (photodynamic therapy) which is the transfer of a conjunctival flap. He has also appealed to other contact lens wearers not to sleep or bathe wearing it.