US Woman, 23, Goes Blind In One Eye After Swimming With Contact Lenses: “Most Pain I’ve Ever Experienced”
A woman in the US lost vision in one eye due to a rare parasite infection that developed after she went swimming with her contact lenses on. 23-year-old Brooklyn McCasland was visiting Alabama with her friends in August when she contracted the parasite acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) – an amoeba that can damage the cornea and…