Research

University of New South Wales researcher and optometrist, Dr Nicole Carnt, talks with OT  about what optometrists can do to protect their patients from acanthamoeba keratitis

“All she wanted to do was sleep and not open her eyes”

A man presented to a US hospital with loss of vision in his left eye two years after suffering encephalitis from a herpes simplex virus infection

A 74-year-old man presented to a North Carolina hospital with a corneal lesion protruding 1cm from the surface of his eye

A 54-year-old patient sought treatment for fungal keratitis after she injured her eye removing a contact lens and fake eye lashes

A patient started vomiting blood and experienced liver failure after initially presenting at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital with a painful right eye

A girl who presented with a red, watery right eye was found to have caterpillar hairs embedded in her cornea and under her eyelid

University College London Hospital has developed an algorithm capable of predicting 90% of patients who skip appointments

A man suffered an eye injury when he was hit in the face by a retracting rubber cord he used to strap goods onto his motorcycle

The Norfolk & Norwich senior specialist registrar discusses the pitfalls of makeup remover wipes with OT