Brit Woman Lost Eye To Contact Lens Fungus Infection

A 42-year-old British woman has claimed to have lost her left eye to contact lens fungus infection.

Jacqueline Stone, a maths teaching assistant from Essex, spent 17 weeks in hospital after wearing the lenses, The Sun reported.

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The woman had bought the "all-day comfort" lenses online.

"They felt uncomfortable all day. When I took them out, the left one had stuck to my eye," she told the daily.

She said her vision became blurred and she was given drops by her doctor.

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"A white pocket of pus started forming over my pupil and eventually burst, splitting my eyeball," she said.

"I was screaming. I was given morphine, but it didn't touch the pain. I've given birth twice but nothing compares to that. I could feel the bug eating through my eye."

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She went to a Cambridge hospital, where she was diagnosed with an infection caused by the Fusarium fungus.

It had eaten through three layers of her eye and 70 nerves.

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After 22 surgeries, surgeons were forced to remove her eye.

The woman is now suing two local hospitals and the contact lens company.

The Fusarium fungus affects the cornea - the front part of the eye - and can cause blindness. Symptoms include blurred vision, discharge, swelling, tears, pain and sensitivity to light.

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