Man blinded in one eye after sleeping with contact lenses

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Chad Groeschen, 39, of Cincinatti was informed by a specialist that his eye had become infected with Pseudomonas bacteria. The bacteria, according to his doctors, was as a result of sleeping in his extended-wear contacts. “The kind of contacts I have are called 'Night and Day' contacts, and it was my impression you could leave them in for 30 days straight,” Groeschen told USA Today. “I figured the less I was messing with my eyes, the better."
Doctors informed Groeschen that the bacteria most likely got under his lens and began attacking his eye, acting “like a petri dish.”
“The lens case can get dirty, and germs from the case get onto the lens or vice versa, and eventually they get onto your eye and attack your cornea,” American Academy of Ophthalmology Thomas Steinemann said.
According to USA Today, a survey has shown fifty percent of contact users report wearing their lenses while sleeping and 82.3% of contact wearers keep their contact lens cases longer than recommended. While sleeping in contacts or "topping off" the solution in the case instead of dumping it out may seem like a small infraction, it can cause devastating eye infections and even blindness, according to Thomas Steinemann, a clinical spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
According to doctors, Groeschen will most likely need a cornea transplant if he wishes to regain vision in his eye.