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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 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.
by Calvin02 - Also see 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
by MaxLeiter - People 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.by Noumenon72
- Me neither. Might take the expiry and “use within” on the bottle a bit more seriously now.by cedws
- Here are some non-Daily Mail sources:
FDA recall event details: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Event=...
WFLA (FL): https://www.wfla.com/news/national/nearly-12-million-eye-dro...
WKRC (OH): https://local12.com/news/nation-world/recall-eye-drop-recall...
Prevention.com: https://www.prevention.com/health/a73274668/rohto-cooling-ey...
by WalterGR - From the article :
"The eye drops in the alert were: Rohto Cooling Eye Drops ALL-IN-ONE, Max Strength, Optic Glow, Digi Eye, Dry Aid and Cool Relief "
"It is not clear whether any are contaminated, but the FDA has marked this a Class II recall, meaning there is a temporary, and reversible, risk to the eyes and vision if the products are used"
by vmurthy