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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 12/06/2014 06:30:02
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Dee Cohen asked the Naked Scientists:
I have a question regarding acanthamoeba. I live in Joburg and I was diagnosed (two months late after multiple misdiagnoses) with AK last year in April.
I spent 9 months trying all the treatments: hourly drops, 10 eye scrapes, 2 Gundersen flaps, I even flew to Moorfields to stock up on drops. Nothing worked, and I had my eye removed in November. I decided not to try a cornea transplant because I was concerned it would infect the new cornea (the amoeba were slightly too close to the sclera), however lately I have heard a lot about high success rates for this procedure in AK patients. I can't seem to find any stats on the success rate, and my doctor is understandably reluctant to discuss it.
Thank you, have a lovely day.
Dee
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