Woman, 21, wears contact lenses, ends up blind due to rare parasite on eye

Vivian Nosovitsky told Newsweek the rare eye infection came from bacteria getting into her contact lenses, causing the parasite.

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Woman Visits the Galápagos and All She Got Was This Exotic Eye Parasite

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A blinding parasitic eye disease affects mostly contact lens wearers. Here’s how to avoid it

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Horror as woman goes blind due to parasite eating away at her eye

Vivian Nosovitsky, 21, believes the rare eye infection came from bacteria getting into her contact lenses, causing the parasite.