Thank you for this information!
Aleksandra
Mike Tyner wrote:
> In my professional opinion, continuing to wear a contact
> on the other eye is a big mistake. The chance of infecting
> the other eye is too high with a known source three inches
> away. Acanthamoeba is a hardy organism, difficult to kill.
>> -MT, OD
>> Aleksandra <anubhavi at usa.net> wrote in message
> news:37EA28E8.64C9392D at usa.net...> > Errol wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:19:31 +0200, Aleksandra <anubhavi at usa.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hi!
> > > >For the last two years friend of mine has Acanthamoeba 'living' in her
> > > >eye.
> > > >It has been diagnosed just few months ago.
> > > >
> > > >Diagnosis is:
> > > > Keratouveitis subac.o.sin.
> > > > Acanthamoeba keratitis o.sin Macula corneae o.s.
> > > >
> > > >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).
> > > >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).
> > >
> > > Has this treatment removed the Acanthamoeba from your friends eye? If
> > > not then she is probably reinfecting herself. Contact lenses are a
> > > good source of infection. If she wears them she should dispose of and
> > > replace the lenses, cleaning/storage solutions, and cleaning/storage
> > > containers. She should make sure that she is also using the
> > > commercially produced solutions and not just plain saline solution.
> > > If she doesn't wear lenses then she should avoid touching the infected
> > > eye but if she does, wash her hands immediately (good hygiene).
> > >
> >
> > She doesn't use (precisely, cannot use) contact lens for this eye, just
> for
> > the other one. She is careful about her hygiene, but she's leading a kind
> of
> > normal life. So, anything is possible...
> >
> > >
> > > >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.
> > > >If you have some advice / your own experience / you know where it can
> be
> > > >treated or who knows more about it, please inform me.
> > > >Thank you very much!
> > > >A.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Sorry but I do not know much about the cause and treatment for the
> > > pain in her eye.
> >
> > Well, the eye is inflamed almost all of the time, and when she takes the
> > Voltaren pills it calms down a bit, but not for long. Also, the eye drops
> > that she uses against amebas are very aggressive and they irritates the
> eye,
> > and I suppose that is the main cause of the pain.
> >
> > It is not so much that she wants just to stop the pain as she needs help
> to
> > bring this to an end, regardless of methods.
> >
> > With regards,
> > Aleksandra
> >
> >
