"The irony is that I don't even like swimming - I only did a few laps," she said.

"My consultants were quite surprised that I had gone swimming and probably thought that I had been a bit lazy whereas I wasn't aware of the problem at all - it didn't even enter my brain to take them out.

"I felt guilty that I had let it happen when actually I could have just taken my contacts out and saved everyone a lot of time and bother and myself a lot of pain.

"I have always been so careful with my contact lenses. I always remove them when sleeping and always use contact lens solution to wash them."

(Read by CJ Henderson. CJ Henderson is a journalist at the China Daily Website.)

双语资讯

(Agencies)

英国一位女性近日因戴着隐形眼镜在一家宾馆的温泉池游泳，导致一只眼睛失明。

詹妮•赫斯特来自英国南安普敦，她患上了棘阿米巴角膜炎。这种罕见的角膜炎可使患者眼部疼痛，由一般生活在水中的棘阿米巴原虫引起。

这种感染可导致见光敏感。28岁的赫斯特说她不得不在暗室里呆了三个月。现在她警告大家，不要戴着隐形眼镜游泳或者洗澡。

赫斯特接受了4次手术，现在还在住院，还经历了半小时滴一次眼药水的治疗过程。

她说：“那段时间我只能呆在卧室里，窗边都不能有光线。我只能收听广播度日。”

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