The clear, dome-shaped tissue that covers the pupil and iris on the front of our eyes, the cornea, becomes inflamed and becomes keratitis.
SYMPTOMS OF KERATITIS
An example of keratitis symptoms and signs is:
- Eye redness
- Eye pain
- eye discharge, such as excessive tears
- opening the eyelid slowly due to discomfort or irritability
- Blurred vision
- Decreased vision
- Sensitivity to light (photophobia)
- feeling as though something is in the eye
CAUSES OF KERATITIS
Causes of keratitis include:
- Noninfectious keratitis may result from any object scratching or damaging the cornea’s surface, but an injury may also make it possible for microorganisms to enter the damaged cornea and cause infectious keratitis.
- The cornea may become contaminated when the contact lens is in our eye, resulting in infectious keratitis. **Contaminated contact lenses** Bacteria, fungi, or parasites, particularly the microscopic parasite acanthamoeba, may inhabit the surface of a contact lens or contact lens carrying case.
- Herpes simplex and herpes zoster viruses, which are viruses, can cause keratitis.
- It is possible for the gonorrhea-causing bacterium to also cause keratitis.
- A healthy cornea is unlikely to become infected unless there has been some prior breakdown of the corneal surface, such as wearing a contact lens for an extended period of time. **Contaminated water-**Bacteria, fungi, and parasites in water, especially in oceans, rivers, lakes, and hot tubs, can enter the eyes while swimming and result in keratitis.
Risk factors
Keratitis risk factors include the following:
Infectious and noninfectious keratitis are more likely to develop in people who wear contact lenses, especially if they sleep in them.
People who wear daily wear contacts and take them out at night are less likely to develop keratitis than those who wear extended-wear contacts, which are worn continuously.
Reduced immunity: A person’s risk of developing keratitis increases if their immune system is weakened by a disease or medication.
Corticosteroids-The risk of contracting infectious keratitis increases or pre-existing keratitis can get worse when corticosteroid eyedrops are used to treat an eye condition.
Eye injury-One of the corneas may be more prone to developing keratitis if it has previously sustained damage from an injury.
COMPLICATIONS OF KERATITIS
- inflamed and scarred the cornea for a long time
- viral corneal infections that recur frequently or persistently
- You have corneal ulcers, which are open sores.
- vision loss that is either temporary or permanent
- Blindness
PREVENTION OF KERATITIS
Caring for contact lenses
The following advice should be followed if you wear contact lenses to prevent keratitis:
- Choose contacts that you can wear every day, and remove them before bed.
- Before handling the contacts, thoroughly wash, rinse, and dry your hands.
- For lens maintenance, abide by the advice of your eye doctor.
- Use only sterile contact lens care products that are tailored to the type of lenses you wear, and only sterile products that are made specifically for contact lens care.
- To improve the cleaning effectiveness of the contact lens solutions, gently rub the lenses while cleaning; avoid rough handling that could result in scratched lenses.
- As advised, change your contact lenses.
- Each three to six months, change the contact lens case.
- When disinfecting lenses, discard the solution currently in the contact lens case; do not “top off” the case with new solution.
- When going swimming, avoid wearing contacts.
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE FOR KERATITIS
AURUM MET :Given when cornea appears vascular and experiences pain from the inside out. There is constant lachrymation. Recommended when patient sees fiery objects, black spots, flames, and sparkles before the eyes. Useful when condition is worse from sunset to sunrise. Appropriate medicine for syphilitic and mercurial patients, nervous, and hysterical women.
MERC SOL :Very helpful for burning pain associated with syphilitic keratitis. Given when lids are thick, swollen, and scurfy in the morning. Also given when lids close spasmodically. Very helpful for photophobia, foggy vision, black spots, sparks, and flames before the eyes.
SULPHUR :Very helpful for photophobia associated with parenchymatous keratitis, in which the cornea appears to be ground glass, and there is painful inflammation of the eyes as if caused by the presence of a foreign body. There is heat and burning in the eyes with a bursting sensation and quivering eyelids.
CONIUM :Useful for Diplopia with keratitis, which manifests as corneal pustules and burning in the eyes as well as photophobia and excessive lachrymation.
KALI BICHROME :When mucous membranes are particularly affected by keratitis, this medication is very helpful. It is also recommended for corneal ulcers without pain or photophobia, dense opacities of the cornea, and photophobia that only occurs in the daylight.
HEPAR SULPH :Very effective in treating psoric and scrofulous disease. Useful for keratitis with a tendency to bleed and ulcerate. Extreme sensitivity to touch and air. Pain in the eyes as if being pulled back into the head.
SILICEA :Useful for pustular or perforating keratitis. There is corneal perforation or sloughing ulcer. There is inflammation of the eyes with an affinity for the canthi, with sharp pains. There is also tenderness to touch. Given when there is aversion to light, especially daylight, produces dazzling.
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