Acanthamoeba keratitis is an extremely rare but serious eye infection. In the United States, it mostly affects people who wear contact lenses. Prompt diagnosis and treatment can help prevent permanent ...

The CDC recommends people use distilled water instead of tap water, which is not sterile, for nasal irrigation practices Getty The CDC says that neti pots may be a transmission route for the invasive ...

Health experts are cautioning about Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a rare but serious eye infection linked to contaminated tap water, especially for contact lens wearers. A UK study revealed a ...

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Teresa Sanchez was in Mexico for a medical procedure nearly four years ago when she kept feeling dry, poking sensations in her right eye. She chalked it up to a potential rip in her contact lens, the ...

“The pain felt like something was scratching my eye from the inside,” said Maureen Cronin, 53, after contracting a parasite Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined ...

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has backed approval for Akantior (polihexanide), a potential first medicine to treat acanthamoeba keratitis.

Acanthamoeba is a genus of opportunistic protozoan amebic species widely distributed in nature. Furthermore, it is part of a broader family of free-living amebae that can autonomously survive in the ...

A British man was forced to have his eye removed after a contact lens infection spiraled out of control, and now he’s sharing his story so others won’t suffer the same consequences. Long-time ...

Over the course of six months, black lesions and deep ulcers formed over the body of a 78-year-old man, puzzling doctors. His face was covered in dark scabs. A lesion had destroyed his left eyelid, ...