FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The noninvasive swept-source anterior-segment optical coherence tomography (SS-ASOCT) can diagnose early-onset childhood glaucoma, according to a study ...

Herpes stromal keratitis can present in one of two forms: necrotizing or non-necrotizing stromal keratitis. In necrotizing disease, both live virus and the host immune system are thought to drive ...

Aims To report long term visual outcomes, complications and graft survival of patients undergoing deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) to treat corneal scarring secondary to herpes simplex virus ...

One year of valacyclovir is beneficial for patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus. HealthDay News — One year of valacyclovir is beneficial for patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), ...

The researchers observed no significant treatment benefit in terms of reducing new/worsening stromal keratitis, iritis, dendriform epithelial keratitis, or endothelial keratitis at the primary end ...

CHICAGO — Valacyclovir can be beneficial for treating multiple episodes of keratitis or iritis in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus, according to a speaker here.

Researchers reviewed the application of anterior segment optical coherence tomography during follow-up of infectious keratitis treatment.

One of the most severe complications of HSV is herpetic stromal keratitis (HSK), which affects the cornea of the eye and can lead to visual impairment or even blindness.

Necrotizing stromal keratitis is usually characterized by corneal ulcers and dense stromal infiltrating lesions accompanied by epithelial defects. Non-necrotizing stromal keratitis may present as ...

Conclusion: The clinical symptoms of herpes simplex virus keratitis include corneal opacity, corneal posterior elastic layer folds, corneal infiltration, posterior corneal mass, corneal edema, and ...

Learn the symptoms and treatment for eye herpes, or ocular herpes, caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV).

Other Facts About Ocular Herpes Like other herpetic infections, herpes of the eye can be controlled. An estimated 400,000 Americans have had some form of ocular herpes. Each year, nearly 50,000 new ...