Fungus hits contact lens wearers

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Alison Bregman-Rodriguez felt as if lightning hadstruck her right eye.

"I'd never felt so much pain," the 30-year-old social worker said.

Bregman-Rodriguez was diagnosed with a fungal eye infection, whichcan cause blindness.

Some doctors are seeing a disturbing number of such infections incontact lens wearers like Bregman-Rodriguez.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is watching thesituation and has received reports of 50 possible cases in 12 statesthis year. But because tracking of the disease is spotty, the CDCcannot say for certain whether cases are on the rise.