Corneal infection, also called keratitis, is relatively rare. Several conditions can cause an infection of the cornea, including: Conjunctivitis (pinkeye).

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A corneal ulcer is an open sore or wound on the cornea — the transparent, dome-shaped surface that covers the front of the eye and focuses light into it. Often beginning as keratitis ...

However, similar effects on corneal respiration and glucose metabolism, 18 permeability 19 and epithelial mitosis 24 have been observed in experimental neuroparalytic keratitis; thus, it is ...

One Instagram influencer is encouraging her followers to take out their contacts before they get in the shower after she developed Acanthamoeba keratitis, a rare but serious eye infection.

Eye care specialists could see artificial intelligence help in diagnosing infectious keratitis (IK), a leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide, as a new study finds that deep learning models ...

Her eye doctor finally sent her to a cornea specialist, who quickly suspected Acanthamoeba keratitis. Confirmation required scraping cells off her eye with a metal tool.