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...continued to get worse. Weeks later, I decided to leave the country to seek treatment, but by then it was too late. The condition had already damaged my cornea. Doctors in Singapore, where many Indonesians go in search of better care, suggested a number of treatments, including a corneal transplant if the others failed to restore my sight. I opted for another opinion back in the U.S. (See the most common hospital mishaps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Indonesia's Health Care System Let Me Down | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...Anil Kumble and Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai both promised to donate their eyes when they die - a 2003 study in the Indian Journal of Opthamology found that illiteracy and rural residence (read poverty) meant that only half of those persons interviewed "had knowledge of eye donation, 20% knew about corneal transplantation and only 4.34% of them knew when to donate their eyes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India's Black Market Organ Scandal | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

Extended-wear contact lenses, worn by millions of Americans, may cause corneal damage. Warnings about an overdone operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...wearers develop severe ulcers and scarring of the cornea, the transparent layer of cells stretching over the pupil and the iris, or colored part of the eye. Last year Dr. Donald Doughman of the University of Minnesota treated six patients for serious infections. Some of them may require corneal transplants to restore their vision, he says. "We just feel lucky that no one lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Skeptical Eye on Contacts | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Trouble may also occur because the lenses are worn at night. With eyes shut and lenses in place, says Doughman, the oxygen supply to the cornea may be reduced enough so that, in some cases, the corneal cells are damaged, thus making the eye vulnerable to attack by bacteria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Skeptical Eye on Contacts | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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