Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center's Dr. Brian Privett has a few tips to spot, treat and keep eye infections at bay.

Autofluorescence (AF) imaging, where a handheld device “lights up” bacteria previously invisible to the human eye, uses violet light to illuminate molecules in the cell walls of any bacteria.

For dry eye, Refresh and Systane are the leading brands. For eye redness, Lumify by Bausch & Lomb, is a brimonidine-based product that comes from a well-known brand with no known manufacturing issues.

Reports of drug-resistant bacterial eye infections began in several U.S. states in 2022, and in early 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) traced them to two brands of eye ...

"There is growing evidence linking COVID-19 and brain fog, a commonly reported symptom following infection," says senior author Brian Hafler, MD, Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and visual ...