According to a new study published in Frontiers in Medicine patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) are at a much greater risk of corneal ulcers. HZO is a severe disease resulting from ...

AIM To compare the clinical efficacy of commercially available fluoroquinolone drops with the use of combined fortified antibiotics (tobramycin 1.3%-cefazolin 5%) in treatment of bacterial corneal ...

Methods: Patients presenting at rural and urban eye units with suspected microbial keratitis were recruited to the study. Corneal ulceration was defined as loss of corneal epithelium with clinical ...

Care should be taken as the occurrence of 'herpes virus keratitis' may increase at a time when water play and travel increase ...

Harare – Vets treating donkeys in southern Masvingo province report seeing some donkeys with corneal ulcers most likely caused by scratches from thorn bushes, Zimbabwe veterinary organisation, the ...

A corneal ulcer is essentially a wound on the cornea, the front surface of the eyeball. Most corneal ulcers are the result of some kind of trauma, usually a scratch from a cat fight or the result ...

The indication for insertion of ProKera was nonhealing corneal ulcers of infective origin (group 1) in 9 eyes (25.7%), neurotrophic keratopathy (group 2) in 11 eyes (31.4%), chemical injury (group ...

Peptic ulcers are slow-healing sores that can develop in your stomach lining, the beginning or top part of your small intestines (duodenum), or your esophagus. If you have a peptic ulcer ...

Corneal disease is the primary cause of visual loss in allergic eye disease. It occurs almost exclusively in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis. It is characterized by ...