A Routine Morning Turns Alarming
For 39-year-old Groeschen, a typical morning quickly escalated into a medical emergency. Upon waking, he noticed irritation in his eye, which he initially dismissed as a minor issue. However, as days passed, the discomfort intensified, prompting him to seek medical attention.
At the Cincinnati Eye Institute, doctors diagnosed him with a severe eye infection caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This aggressive pathogen had taken hold beneath his contact lens, leading to a corneal ulcer—a painful open sore on the eye’s surface.Continue reading…
