It's very bizarre for sure. It can permanently scar you eye within a week of catching it.
Researchers are warning about a dangerous parasite found in dust, as well as sea, pool and tap water, that could cause blindness to contact lens users.
The acanthamoeba parasite has the potential to gnaw through the eyeball of an exposed contact lens wearer, which results in blindness, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
The Centers for Disease Control refers to the ocular infection as “acanthamoeba keratitis” on its official website.
“[The parasite] is a microscopic, free-living [amoeba],
