OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, and a panel of experts examined a series of unusual ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

Eric Donnenfeld’s corneal health case presentations and panel discussion at OSN New York are always popular with meeting ...

A contact lens wearer may never see from his left eye again after a rare parasite infected him. Doctors told Mike Krumholz it may have entered his eye after he napped in his contacts. They initially ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but devastating eye infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in water and soil.

A grandmother has lost an eye after it became infected when she wore contact lenses while having a shower. Marie Mason, 54, developed an infection in her left eye after a microscopic amoeba present in ...

What topical and systemic antibiotics are recommended for corneal infection caused by staphylococci or Pseudomonas? —Param S. Fagoora, MD, Fresno, Calif. Bacterial keratitis is most commonly caused by ...

The cornea is the clear layer on the front of your eye that helps focus light so you can see clearly. If it gets damaged, you might need to have it replaced. The surgeon will remove all or part of ...