A 54-year-old male asked:
Can 2 bacterial infections 1 in scrotum and 1 perirectal have an effect on my left eye. they were both drained and i'm still healing from scrotum?
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Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 57 years experience
See an ophthalmologi: It is possible, but unlikely that the infection in your perirectal area has affected your eye, but stranger things have happened. Since the eye is such a delicate structure which may not recover entirely from injury would have this looked at asap.
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Last updated Apr 21, 2013
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