Keratitis is painful inflammation of your cornea -- the clear covering over the pupil and colored part of your eye. Doctors sometimes use the term "corneal ulcer." It's usually caused by an injury ...

There are many eye infections, including conjunctivitis, keratitis, and cellulitis. Symptoms can include itchiness, discharge, vision changes, and more. While many minor eye infections heal well ...

In the case of viral keratitis, the history of the patient is examined and diagnosis is based on the eye examination. Symptoms such as pain in the eye, red eye, blurred vision, photophobia ...

However, when examined on July 9, 1965, he admitted that he had raised the eye patch every 2 to 3 hours in the interim and had applied the tetracaine ointment to the eye. Vision in the right eye ...

3,30 The infection may be exogenous, developing after eye surgery, intravitreal injections, penetrating trauma, or keratitis, or it may be endogenous, resulting from bacteremia or fungemia.

One of the most severe complications of HSV is herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK), which affects the cornea of the eye and can lead to visual impairment or even blindness. Unfortunately, current ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is an extremely rare but serious eye infection. In the United States, it mostly affects people who wear contact lenses. Prompt diagnosis and treatment can help prevent ...

Many eye care professionals prefer to refer vision-threatening infectious keratitis to a corneal specialist for treatment. First-line topical therapy with a prescription fluoroquinolone is readily ...

Hyderabad: Doctors at the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad have discovered a new way to treat a rare but serious eye ...

Swimming or showering while wearing contact lenses can raise a person’s risk of developing Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but serious eye infection. Since contact lens wearers are at a higher ...

Leath developed acanthamoeba keratitis (AK), a rare yet serious eye infection most often seen in contact lens wearers. It’s caused by a parasite—an amoeba—that is typically in large bodies ...

Keratitis is painful inflammation of the eye’s clear top layer, the cornea. It can stem from an infection or injury, and it makes vision blurry and the eyes sensitive to light. Anyone with these ...