Do you suffer from dry eyes, you know, the ones that are itchy and burning and there doesn’t seem to be any relief? Join the millions who suffer right along side you. There are many reasons one may suffer from the dry eye syndrome.
Fort Collins Eye Doctors to Have New Review of Contact Lens Solutions by FDA for Eye Infections From Acanthamoeba
Fort Collins Optometrists may have new guidelines for contact lens solutions in the future. The Food and Drug Administration has decided to review the testing procedures for contact lens solutions against the organism acanthamoeba. This type of infection has shown an increasing trend in recent years. None of the most commonly used multipurpose contact lens solutions have the capacity to effectively destroy acanthamoeba cysts. Hopefully the FDA review will help fill this gap for Eye Doctors in the future. In the interim the following guidelines like the FDA suggestions should help prevent most acanthamoeba eye infections.
Pinkeye
Pinkeye has become a generic term for a red eye. Initially it referred specific bacterial organism that caused eye infections in children. Today is is loosely used for children’s red eyes from viruses, bacteria, allergies, and other causes.