Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medicines, and diseases interfere
with your ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at risk for a more
serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be sure to
tell your doctor.
Conditions
- Wear contact lenses
- Have another
eye condition that increases the risk of vision loss, such as:
- Glaucoma or macular
degeneration
- Retinal detachment
- Poor vision or
blindness in one eye with injury to the other eye
- A problem or condition present since birth
(congenital defect)
- Previous injury
- Previous surgery to
injured area
- Normal vision is limited to one functional
eye
- Surgery to remove the spleen
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or
withdrawal
- Smoking or other tobacco use
Medicines
- Blood-thinning medicines, such as warfarin,
heparin, and aspirin
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medicines that may affect the eye itself
- Medicines used to treat cancer
(chemotherapy)
- Radiation therapy
Diseases
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Hemophilia
- Human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic
purpura (ITP)
- Kidney disease
- Lupus
- Lyme
disease
- Multiple
sclerosis
- Osteomyelitis
- Rheumatoid
arthritis
- Sickle cell disease
