Symptoms of eye infections
Common symptoms of an eye infection include blurry vision, pain or discomfort, discharge, redness of the eyelid or eye, increased sensitivity to light, and feeling like there’s something in the eye.
If you’ve used any of the products found in the eye drop recall list and are experiencing any of the symptoms mentioned above, make an appointment to see an eye care professional.
Contact lens wearers are at increased risk of infection
A common source of eye infections is contact lenses. According to experts, those who wear them are at increased risk of developing infections of the cornea, especially if they sleep with their lenses on.
To prevent and avoid eye infections, make sure you keep the lens case clean (and replace it when needed), wash your hands often (especially before touching your eyes or contacts), and take the lens out before sleep.
Less common eye infections are those spread from other areas of the body.
11 Responses
My are very infected from one of the eye drops on the list the FDA recalled.
Why did you not name the 27 drops ? People want to know the names so they can avoid buying those products. Thank you.
I agree
I have been using other eye drops for itchy eyes, dry eyes etc…I have seen my left eye getting worse. I have used Refresh, Pataday and others
Thank you for the article very informative
Since the last recall on eye drops I have been afraid to buy any eye drops
We’re the list.
So the list is on the FDA website on the first page. That gives you the list.
Is Zaditor and Systane ok?
What are the names of the eye drops NOT to use. Please send me the list.
Thank you
My husband’s eyes were in pretty good shape for his age, fast forward 8 months later, suddenly had glaucoma in both his eyes after using the CVS brand re-wet drops, never realizing that something was wrong until after I used the same drops a few months later, then one of my eyes started to mess up as if my retina was trying to tear away from my eye when my eyes were in good shape just four or five months prior to me using the Cvs brand rewet single eye drops, now I’m at a dilemma. How can I prove that it was these drops that’s causing these problems in our eyes. Of course we stop using the drops a long time ago, but I still have them just in case I find out where to have them tested. I need figure out how to prove that these drops messed up our eyes. I didn’t know there was a recall on them. Please reach out if you have information on who I should reach out to. Thank you so much in advance.
Please send me the list of the 27 eyedrops that has been recall.