A woman fears she could partially lose her sight after a water parasite "burrowed" into her eye when she went swimming while ...

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 ...

Bacterial keratitis tends to develop quite quickly and requires timely treatment to reduce permanent damage to the eye. In severe cases without adequate treatment, bacterial keratitis has the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

That can lead to dry eye from a problem called exposure keratitis. It can make your eyes hurt and cause infection, swelling, and vision problems. The doctor will ask about your symptoms and your ...

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 ...

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 ...