Symptoms and treatment of keratitis

Keratitis can be said to be an eye disease that people often suffer from, which is often caused by people not paying attention to eye hygiene in daily life. Normally, people pay great attention to eye protection, because everyone knows how important eyes are to us. But sometimes keratitis is not caused by themselves, but by bacterial or viral infection.

Speaking of keratitis, although it is a relatively common eye disease, if it is not handled properly, it may also cause other eye complications. Therefore, once you suffer from keratitis, you must seek timely treatment. Below we will introduce the symptoms and treatment of keratitis in detail.

Keratitis is divided into two categories: ulcerative keratitis (corneal ulcer) and non-ulcerative keratitis (deep keratitis). It is caused by different internal and external factors. Inflammation caused by corneal trauma, bacteria and viruses invading the cornea. The affected eye may feel a foreign body sensation, stinging or even burning. There is mixed congestion on the surface of the conjunctiva, accompanied by symptoms such as photophobia, tearing, visual impairment and increased secretions. The corneal surface is infiltrated and ulcers are formed. The vast majority of ulcerative keratitis is caused by exogenous factors, that is, infectious pathogens invade the corneal epithelial cell layer from the outside and cause inflammation.

The main symptoms of keratitis include pain, photophobia, tearing, blurred vision, etc. Ciliary congestion, corneal opacity (infiltration or ulceration), neovascularization, iris-ciliary body irritation reaction (mydriasis or aqueous humor turbidity).

For the treatment of keratitis, foreign experience includes long-term, low-dose oral administration of acyclovir tablets. It takes a long time, usually about a year, and doctors from different places have different opinions because it varies from person to person. Therefore, it is impossible to determine whether long-term medication can prevent recurrence. Most scholars recommend paying attention to rest and physical exercise. If you have a cold or your body functions are declining, take acyclovir orally for a week or so as a preventive measure. This is the current situation. Oral medication is the first choice. Eye drops can help.

In fact, the most important thing for patients with keratitis in life is not to worry too much or be afraid. Although this is an eye disease, it can still be cured. The second thing is to strengthen your confidence in your ability to cure the disease, which is the most important thing. The last thing to do is to pay more attention to rest.