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Originally posted by: RideFree
This is a significant bit of info in reference to the Bausch & Lomb RENU product.
According to this week's Barron's, use of this product has been tied to corneal fungus (fungi?).
This has caused Bausch & Lomb to voluntarily stop sales of their RENU product in Asia and some other specific places.
Eyes are way too precious to take any chances with them.
Originally posted by: RideFree
This is a significant bit of info in reference to the Bausch & Lomb RENU product.
According to this week's Barron's, use of this product has been tied to corneal fungus (fungi?).
This has caused Bausch & Lomb to voluntarily stop sales of their RENU product in Asia and some other specific places.
Eyes are way too precious to take any chances with them.
Originally posted by: ajf3
FREE EYE FUNGUS!
Geez, you know that should probably be common sense, but I just realized I've been using the same darn case for YEARS! Thanks for the reminder...I'm buying a new one tomorrow. Other than that, I'd say I'm pretty careful about my contacts.Originally posted by: carlwu
This fusarium fungus is no joke. We had a contact lens wearer show up at work (hospital) for his second corneal transplant. Apparently he had been in the habit of wearing his contact lenses for months at a time (extended wear) when he started to get redness and pain in one eye. The opthalmologist was saying that fusarium was pretty rare and more of a nuisance in the past and now all of the sudden, they have been getting a lot of severe cases. In any case, this patient had been on a number of conventional antifungals and the fusarium could not be eradicated. Eventually was put on an experimental antifungal. One look at his affected eye could make any contact lens user quit! Young guy too... Please be safe! Practice good hygiene. Discard lens cases after 3 months of use. Stop using Renu until the CDC investigation into the product is wrapped up.
Did he wear them for months at a time without taking them out?Originally posted by: loup garou
Geez, you know that should probably be common sense, but I just realized I've been using the same darn case for YEARS! Thanks for the reminder...I'm buying a new one tomorrow. Other than that, I'd say I'm pretty careful about my contacts.Originally posted by: carlwu
This fusarium fungus is no joke. We had a contact lens wearer show up at work (hospital) for his second corneal transplant. Apparently he had been in the habit of wearing his contact lenses for months at a time (extended wear) when he started to get redness and pain in one eye. The opthalmologist was saying that fusarium was pretty rare and more of a nuisance in the past and now all of the sudden, they have been getting a lot of severe cases. In any case, this patient had been on a number of conventional antifungals and the fusarium could not be eradicated. Eventually was put on an experimental antifungal. One look at his affected eye could make any contact lens user quit! Young guy too... Please be safe! Practice good hygiene. Discard lens cases after 3 months of use. Stop using Renu until the CDC investigation into the product is wrapped up.
Originally posted by: RideFree
This is a significant bit of info in reference to the Bausch & Lomb RENU product.
According to this week's Barron's, use of this product has been tied to corneal fungus (fungi?).
This has caused Bausch & Lomb to voluntarily stop sales of their RENU product in Asia and some other specific places.
Eyes are way too precious to take any chances with them.