戴隱形眼鏡感染寄生蟲 美國18歲少女險失明

A South Florida high school senior nearly lost her vision after a parasite grew on her contact lens and began eating through her cornea.
來自美國南佛羅里達州的一位高中畢業班女生，因爲帶隱形眼鏡造成寄生蟲滋生，眼睛差點失去視力。根據醫生的檢查，寄生蟲正在吞噬她的眼角膜。

One of Ashley Hyde's eyes was red and throbbing but doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong.
這位女生叫艾希莉-海德，她因爲一隻眼睛紅腫悸痛去看醫生，但大夫們也都查不出是什麼問題。

Hyde even had to have her eye scraped by doctors to gather cultures of the organism. "One time, they had to drill into my eye. It was really nasty," she said.
醫生們爲了提取眼組織細胞進行檢查，甚至需要刮擦艾希莉的眼睛。她描述道：“其中一次檢查醫生們要用儀器鑽進我的眼睛裏，特別噁心。”

Doctors discovered Hyde, 18, had an acanthamoeba infection. Acanthamoeba is a microscopic parasite found in water and soil that can spread through contact lens use, cuts, or skin wounds or by being inhaled into the lungs.
醫生們檢查結果發現，18歲的艾希莉感染上了棘阿米巴炎症，棘阿米巴是一種通常出現在水裏或土壤裏的極小的寄生蟲，會通過隱形眼鏡鏡片、切口或是皮膚傷口傳播，也會被直接吸入進肺裏。

"Every day, we see people come in with contact lens related to infections, complications, ulcers," said Dr. Adam Clarin, an optometric physician.
驗光醫師亞當-克拉瑞醫生表示：“每天我們都會接待因爲佩戴隱形眼鏡而造成感染、併發症和潰瘍的患者。”

Clarin recommends patients use disposable contacts for daily use. "There is nothing safer or healthier than throwing out the lens every day and starting with a new one the next day," added Clarin.
克拉瑞醫生建議病人使用一次性的日拋鏡片。“只有每天把使用過的鏡片丟掉，第二天再使用新的鏡片，這樣才安全健康。”

Hyde must undergo several more months of treatment and advises contact users never skip a step when cleaning their lenses. "It hurts," she said. "I wouldn't risk it."
艾希莉得接受好幾個月的治療，她建議隱形眼鏡使用者千萬別偷懶，記得要清潔鏡片。她說：“真的特別疼，我再也不會冒這樣的險了。”