The infection forced him to give up his job and his hobbies, including socializing with friends.
A man in Florida has been partially blinded after sleeping with contact lenses on. In the details of the terrifying story, Michael Krumholz, 21, a sports business administration student in Miami, told that he took a 40-minute nap while wearing his daily contact lenses in December. When he woke up, his left eye was red. He ignored it and just removed the lens, though. Over the following days, he slowly began to lose his sight and began to feel excruciating pain.
A month later, doctors finally diagnosed him with a flesh-eating bacterial infection known as acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), which can cause permanent and significant vision loss.
flesh-eating bacteria
And the young man can no longer see through his left eye except for the flashing “black and gray” colors, which he compares to a static on TV.
Doctors say he may only be able to regain 10% of his vision after a corneal transplant, but the patient told DailyMail.com he would only regain 1%.
The infection forced him to give up his job and his hobbies, including socializing with friends, playing basketball and working out in the gym.
He told DailyMail.com: “I am 21 and have been trying to find a sports management type job in my field but it seems impossible to do. At present, there is no work, no social life.”
He also developed photosensitivity, meaning it was painful to be exposed to direct sunlight. The young man now spends most of his time in a closed room, wearing sunglasses.
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