>For the last two years friend of mine has Acanthamoeba 'living' in her
>eye.
>It has been diagnosed just few months ago.
>and it is treated with
> Brolene drops (propamidine isethionate 0,1%)
> Brolene ointment (dibromopropamidine BP 0-15%).
> Atropin drops
>...but...
>the eye hurts very much, she constantly has to use painkiller for last 6
>months (Voltaren).
If the Acanthamoeba has been in your friends eye for 2 years then
there would most probably be quite amount of damage. Which seems to
be the case as she can not see through it properly. Is the
Acanthamoeba still present or has the treatment been successful? If
there is still Acanthamoeba present then she is probably being
reinfected. A good source of Acanthamoeba is contact lenses, if she
wears them and still has organisms in her eye then she should dispose
of the cleaning/storage solutions, lenses and washing/storage
containers and get new ones. Another part of this is if she is using
the correct cleaning/storage solutions, because if homemade
alternatives are used instead of the commercially produced ones then
it is not surprising that this infection has occurred.
>She cannot see through this eye except through one small part on the
>side (through which she can notice the difference between light and
>dark).
>In our country (Croatia, Europe) it is the first case of this kind of
>amoeba - it has been diagnosed in neighboring Slovenia. So, nobody
>exactly knows what to do next. We have got some advises that it would be
>best to make keratoplastic / transplantation of cornea in order to stop
>the pain and to improve the eyesight, but so far we didn't find any
>surgeon in Croatia willing to do it.
I do not know much about relieving the pain of the eye, or the cause
of it. Sorry but I can not give much help with this part.
