The company says it has moved rapidly to respond to the outbreak of a potentially blinding eye infection among contact lens wearers, including Maria Rosales-Fechino, right.

Several potentially blinding eye diseases occur most often after age 50: diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, macular degeneration, retinal detachment.

DURING a recent bicycle tour in Mexico, the tire of a passing truck turned a small stone into a potentially blinding missile.

And while swimming is considered a low-risk sport for potentially blinding injuries, those who swim in pools without watertight goggles risk a host of bothersome problems.

The incidence of such potentially blinding disorders is increasing rapidly as the number of older people grows.

The ophthalmologist's goal in treating these potentially blinding conditions is to eliminate the inflammation and minimize the potential risk of therapy to the patient.

The complications are infections caused by a variety of fungi and a potentially blinding eye infection caused by cytomegalovirus.

"It is a potentially blinding disease and the availability of new treatment options is important."

An electric arc is extremely bright, including in the ultraviolet, and can cause arc eye, a painful and potentially blinding condition.

Syntex donated its drug ganciclovir, for cytomegalovirus retinitis, a potentially blinding eye infection, to 10,000 patients, of whom about 7,000 had AIDS.