A 70-year-old woman had 23 contact lenses removed from her eyes

A ophthalmologist american le extracted 23 contact lenses of the eyes to one 70 year old womanwho had come to the consultation due to discomfort and pain.

The curious event occurred in Newport Beach, California, where Katerina Kurteeva had to resort to a swab to remove lenses that the septuagenarian had accumulated in the area of ​​​​the eyelids, indicated the site Telemundo.

October 13, World Sight Day

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Then, the professional trusted that her patient reached that extreme since he didn’t know he had to take them off at the end of the day, so he put new ones on the next.

A parasite stuck to her contact lens, “devoured” her cornea and left her blind

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Currently there are different types of contact lensesrigid, soft, for daily use, prolonged or decorative, and they are also offered in different colors.

In addition, they can improve the vision of people who suffer from myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and presbyopia; There are even the so-called “bandage lenses”, which are generally used to cover the area of ​​the cornea, after an injury or intervention.

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