Night market contact lens-related corneal ulcer: Should we increase public awareness?

Abstract

A 21-year-old Malay woman presented with a 4-day history of left eye progressive painful blurring of vision due to cosmetic CL wear. She had always bought her CLs from a night market and disposed it after every 3–4 months. She had a very poor CL hygiene regime and continuously wore the lenses for more than 8 hours daily. Prior to the presentation, she had been using a combination of steroid and antibiotic eye drop as prescribed by a general practitioner whom she had consulted earlier for similar complaints of eye redness and pain associated with reduced vision. Her condition and vision deteriorated after 2 days of medication instillation.