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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Corneal inflammation or keratitis is caused by germs such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. Physicians employ both traditional and new techniques to diagnose keratitis. However ...

Oxervate, approved by the FDA in 2018, treats the underlying cause of neurotrophic keratitis. Other treatment options in development include gene therapies and deleted hepatocyte growth factor.

The most frequent causes of microbial keratitis are bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic (acanthamoeba). Historically, fungal keratitis was thought to be a suppurative corneal lesion with one or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Neurotrophic keratitis is historically a rare disease, but now that more understanding has been gained of the underlying etiology and manifestations, its prevalence is starting to increase ...

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today revealed it has approved Akantior (polihexanide) to ...

Fungal keratitis prevalence appears to be twice as high in rural versus nonrural areas, according to a research letter published in JAMA Ophthalmology. Kaitlin Benedict, M.P.H., from the U.S ...