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Keratitis
Is an inflammation of the cornea, the outermost part of the eye that covers the pupil and iris (the colored ring around the pupil). The most common causes of keratitis are infection and injury. Bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal infections can cause keratitis.
Symptoms:
- Eye redness.
- Eye pain.
- Excess tears or other discharge from your eye.
- Difficulty opening your eyelid because of pain or irritation.
- Blurred vision.
- Decreased vision.
- Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
- A feeling that something is in your eye.
Preliminary plan:
- Ophthalmologist appointment
- Complete blood count
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Glucose
- Cholesterol
- HDL Cholesterol
- LDL Cholesterol
- Triglycerides
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Ophtalmocromoscopy
- Diplopia test (double vision)
- Eccentricity angle test
- Convergence test
- Autorefractometry (narrow pupil)
- Exophthalmometry
- Adaptation study
- Gramstained smear bacterioscopy - eye swab
- Microflora culture and sensitivity test (eye swab)
Doctors
Ophthalmologist
Ophthalmologist
