{"id":20356,"date":"2025-07-05T02:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T02:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=20356"},"modified":"2025-07-05T02:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T02:45:04","slug":"the-nightly-habit-that-cost-a-man-his-sight-a-cautionary-tale-for-contact-lens-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new50.info\/?p=20356","title":{"rendered":"The Nightly Habit That Cost a Man His Sight: A Cautionary Tale for Contact Lens Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-12\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"24a0f5f0-a38f-4e7d-9e1c-be54b9f32ed2\" data-message-model-slug=\"o4-mini-high\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"296\">Thirty-nine-year-old Brian Groeschen assumed a mild irritation when he woke with a scratchy eye\u2014until doctors at the Cincinnati Eye Institute diagnosed a corneal ulcer caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an aggressive bacterium that thrived between his overnight-worn soft contact lens and his eye.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"298\" data-end=\"578\">Though his lenses were labeled \u201cextended-wear,\u201d ophthalmologists warn that sleeping in any contact lens dramatically increases infection risk by blocking oxygen and trapping bacteria. \u201cWe see the worst corneal ulcers in patients who wear lenses to bed,\u201d says Dr. William Faulkner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"580\" data-end=\"797\">Despite prompt antibiotic treatment, Brian\u2019s ulcer left a permanent scar on his cornea, reducing vision so severely that he needed a transplant\u2014and endured months of recovery that interrupted both work and daily life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"1183\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">To protect your eyes, remove lenses before sleep (even \u201cbreathable\u201d ones), wash and dry hands carefully, use fresh disinfecting solution each time, replace your case regularly, and stick to the recommended replacement schedule. 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