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Andrew Carthew: A Case Study

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Andrew Carthew, a 59-year-old paramedic in Britain, woke up one day in June 2015 with a "weepy eye," the Bristol Post reports. Six weeks later, he lost sight in the eye; less than a year after that, he lost the eye completely. Now he 's warning others about a little-known yet very serious danger of contact lenses.

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