March 12 -- Approximately 36 million people in the United States wear contact lenses. Of these, more than 25,000 develop contact lens-related corneal infections each year. Such infections can lead to ...
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 ...
Guillermo Amescua, M.D., an ophthalmologist and corneal specialist at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, explains what a corneal infection is and how contact lens use can be to blame. His team developed a ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the cover story of this issue of Healio/Ocular Surgery News, we explore the challenges of treating ocular ...
The eye has three coats (sclera–cornea, uvea, and retina) and two humors (aqueous and vitreous). The conjunctiva covers the visible portion of the sclera (bulbar conjunctiva) and lines the eyelids ...
If you're one of the 45 million Americans who wear contact lenses, there's a good chance that you're using them in an unhygienic way. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 99 ...
What topical and systemic antibiotics are recommended for corneal infection caused by staphylococci or Pseudomonas? —Param S. Fagoora, MD, Fresno, Calif. Bacterial keratitis is most commonly caused by ...
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