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
- History of eye
infections
- A problem or condition present since birth (congenital
defect)
- Previous eye surgery
- An eye condition that increases your risk of vision loss, such
as:
- Glaucoma or macular
degeneration
- Retinal
detachment
- Cataracts
- Poor vision or blindness in one
eye with injury to the other eye
Lifestyle choices
- Involved in day care or in a group care or group living
situation
- Exposure to substances in the workplace, such as
chemicals
- 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
- Eye medicines
- Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medicines used to treat cancer
(chemotherapy)
- Radiation therapy
Diseases
- Active shingles (herpes zoster) on the
face
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Hemophilia
- Human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic
purpura (ITP)
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Juvenile
rheumatoid arthritis
- Kidney
disease
- Lupus
- Lyme disease
- Multiple
sclerosis
- Reiter's syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sjögren's syndrome
