Herpes Simplex infection to the cornea

Herpes infection of the cornea is Simplex infection on the cornea caused by herpes virus simplex. Herpes infection of the cornea is a recurrent virus infection. Research shows that up to 50% of patients relapse experienced. Test results of infection can occur several weeks or even several years after the first infection.

Herpes Simplex Symptoms

In the early stages, this infection resembling bacterial infection because of mild symptoms that occur are mild (the eyes feels sore, watery, red and sensitive to light).

Swelling cornea cause blurred vision.

Infection often causes only mild changes in the cornea and will disappear by itself.

Sometimes the virus penetrate deeper and the surface of the cornea.

Re-infection can cause more damage on the surface of the cornea.

If the patient until the infection is repeated, ulcerates can occur (the formation of open wound), the formation of scar network settle and feel lost when the eye is touched.

Simplex herpes virus can also cause increased blood vessel growth, disturbances of vision or blindness.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is done base on symptoms and results of eye examination.

Herpes Simplex Treatment

Given drugs such as anti-virus trifluridin, vidarabin or idoxuridine; salep usually in the form of cleaner or solvent eyes.

To help speed up disturbances of vision healing that is caused by simplex herpes virus, eye specialist doctors sometimes use cotton to remove cells from the dead and damaged surface of the cornea.

Cataracts Symptoms and Treatment

Cataract is the irregularity in the crystalline lens that causes vision disturbances. In many cases, the cause is not known. Cataracts usually occur in old age and can be derived.

The formation of cataracts is speed up by environmental factors, such as smoking or other toxic materials.

• Cataracts can be caused by: Injury eye
• Metabolic disease (eg diabetes)
• Medicine-specific drugs (eg corticosteroid).

Congenitally cataracts are cataracts that are found when the baby is born (or some time later).

Congenitally Cataracts be a descendant of the disease (an inherited autosomal dominant) or can be caused by:

• Congenital infection, such as German measles
• Connect with metabolic disease, such as galactosemia.

Risk factor is the occurrence of congenitally cataracts:

• It was revealed that metabolic
• Cataracts in the family history
• Virus infection in the mother when the baby is still in the womb.

Cataracts in adults is usually associated with the aging process.
Cataracts in adults are grouped into:

1. Immature cataracts: lens still has the clear
2. Mature cataract: whole lens is clouded
3. Hyper mature cataracts: the surface of the lens there is a leak through the lens capsule and can cause inflammation in the eyes of other structures.

Most of the lens a bit muddy after the age of 60 years. Most of the patients experienced similar changes in both eyes, although changes in one eye may be worse compared with the other eye. Many people with cataracts that have only a mild disturbance of vision and does not realize that they are suffering from cataracts.

Factors that influence the occurrence of cataracts are:

• Degree of low blood calcium
• Diabetes
• Corticosteroid the long-term
• Inflammation diseases and metabolic diseases.
• Environmental factors (trauma, radiation, ultraviolet rays).

Cataract Symptoms

All rays that enter the eye must first go through the lens. Therefore, every part of the lens that inhibit, distort or distribute harmful rays can cause vision.

Heavy disturbances of vision depends on the location and maturity cataracts.

Cataracts develop slowly and do not cause pain accompanied by vision disturbances that appear gradually.

Disturbances of vision can be:

• Difficult to see at night
• See the circle around the light or feel light dazzle
• A decrease in the sharpness of vision (even in the afternoon).

Other symptoms are:

• Often switch glass eye
• Double vision in one eye

Sometimes cataract cause lenses swelling and increased pressure in the eye (glaucoma), that can cause pain.

Cataracts Diagnosis

Diagnosis is done base on symptoms and results of eye examination.

• Regular diagnostic check is performed: a standard eye examination, including slit lamp examination with
• Of USG as a preparation for cataract surgery.

Cataract Treatment

The only treatment for cataracts is surgery. Surgery is done if the patient can not see well with the help of a glasses to do their daily activities. Some people may feel better vision only change with glasses, use bifocus glasses and a more powerful lens or using brass. If the cataract does not hassle, usually do not need surgery.

Cataract surgery consists of lifting the lens and replace them with artificial lenses.

1. Pickup lens
   There are 2 types of surgery that can be used to lift the lens:
   • Extra capsular surgery: the lens was left with its capsule.
     To soften the lens so the lens is easier to slice through the small, certain frequency sound waves used high (fakoemulsification).
   • Intracapsular surgery: lens with its capsule appointed. At this time surgery is rarely performed intracapsular.
2. Replacement lenses
   People who have been undergoing cataract surgery will usually have artificial lens as a replacement lens that has been lifted. This artificial lens is a plastic plate called intraocular lenses, lens intraocular usually inserted in the lens capsule in the eye.

Cataract surgery is often performed and generally safe. After surgery, rarely occur bleeding or infection in the eye that can cause a serious disturbance of vision. To prevent infection, reduce inflammation and speed healing, for a few weeks after surgery, eye drops or salve is given. To protect the eyes from injury, the patient should use glass eyes or eye protectors made of metal until the surgical wound is completely healed.

Cataract Prevention

Prevention is the main disease-related cataracts and avoids the factors that accelerate appearance of cataracts.

Using a sunglasses when outside the room during the day can reduce the amount of ultraviolet rays that enter the eye. Quitting smoking can reduce the risk of the occurrence of cataracts.

Red Eye Allergies (Allergic conjunctivitis)

Allergic conjunctivitis inflammation is caused by allergic reactions. Conjunctiva contain many cells of immune system (mast cells) that release a chemical compound (mediator) in responding to different stimulus (such as pollen or dust mite). This causes inflammation mediators in the eye, which may be briefly or long endure. About 20% of people have a level of red eye allergy.

Red eyes and seasonal allergies are allergic to the red eye development is the most common type of allergic reaction in the eye. Red eye often seasonal allergy that is caused by tree pollen or dust, so this type of relief, especially in spring or early summer. Pollen weeds responsible for the symptoms of red eyes allergic in the summer and early autumn. Allergies of the eyes continuously occur throughout the year, most often caused by dust mite, animal fur, feathers and poultry.

Vernal red eye is a form of allergic red eyes a more serious where the cause is not known. Condition most often occurs in boys, especially those aged less than 10 years old who have eczema, asthma, or seasonal allergies. Red eye usually relapse Vernal each spring and lost in the autumn and winter. Many children do not experience it again at the age of young adults.

Allergic Conjunctivitis Symptoms

People with all forms of red eyes allergic (Allergic conjunctivitis) grow quickly and become itchy burnt feeling in both eyes. Although it is usually the same, sometimes, one eye may be more infected than the other eye. Conjunctiva to red, and sometimes swollen conjunctiva, the surface of the eyeball appear pudgy so many people are disturbed. In the eyes seasonal and sustainable, it is very much a thin watery stool. This view is rarely affected.

On the red eye Vernal, dirt and a lot of eyes as mucus. Unlike the type of other allergic red eyes, red eyes often affect the cornea Vernal, and ulcer pain that can arise. This ulcer causes excessive sensitivity to bright light and sometimes cause a permanent reduction of sight.

Diagnosis

Doctors recognize the red-eye allergy by its appearance and unique symptoms.

Allergic conjunctivitis Treatment

Conditions treated with anti-allergy eye drops. Such drugs include cromolyn, lodoxamide, olopatadine, and antihistamine eye drops, such as emedastine and levocabastine. Ketorolac eye drops have any anti inflammation and help overcome the symptoms. Corticosteroid eye drops have any anti inflammation better, but they should not be used more than a few weeks without a sighting stick because they can cause increased pressure in the eye (glaucoma), cataracts, and increase the risk of eye infection. Recently, the eye drops that can prevent the causes and effects of swelling, such as azelastine, nedocromil, and pemirolast, have been used well.

Eye Tumor Symptoms

Melanoma can be called as a malignant eye tumor disease. But, it is not the only one we should scare. Actually there are three families of tumor, that are: adneksa, orbita and Metastasis. Melanoma including in the family of adneksa. Other than melanoma, adneksa tumor family (ruler lid and white eye membrane) also including basalioma, adenocarsinoma, and carcinoma cell squamosa.

Melanoma symptoms

If the shape of melanoma is a black speck, basalinoma shaped like a stained wound located at the tip of the lid. This will not be lost just by giving antibiotics. while adenocarsinoma similar shapes a repeated bump that grows in one place. Cute in its shapes that make adenocarsinoma often being belittled. Adenocarsinoma classified to a 'die hard', often grow back after the surgery.

Adneksa last family member, carcinoma cells squamosa, identified as a small bump that is growth on the border in the skin and eyes. It can also appear between the black and white side of the eye. Existence that is known since the early, can be taken completely. But if kept, this tumor can penetrate to the back side of the eye. The troubling eye must be taken in whole.

Different to adneksa tumor family, the orbita tumor family have a habit, mass pile up at the back of the eyeball. So that one of the patients eye seen protruding out. If the tumor mass derived from the organ of it self, is called the mass rimer. But if it comes from other organs, the tumor appears to be rated in the Metastasis family. Orbita tigerish can develop quickly, between two month to one year since the first symptoms appear. This tumor also cause pain that extraordinary. To ensure the highest level of orbita tumor violence, the patient must undergo several examinations including CTScan. Meanwhile, to support the diagnosis, almost always to be done a biopsy (sample of tumor) first. from there will know what steps need to be carried out to cure the patient. Whether through surgery, through chemotherapy or radiation. Irradiation is done if the tumor is the distribution of local (only in the eye area), whereas chemotherapy was performed if the tumor has spread to other body parts.

Patients with violent Orbita who choose surgery way, must think in long-term. Because this tumor removal process will be very extreme. Nearly all the eyes will be lifted. Start from eyelid, eyeball, to all contained within the back of the ball. So that left only the bones, the bones around the eye only. Utilizing of the imitation eye, may be allowed, at least two months after the surgery is completed.

Metastasis eye tumor

This type of tumor is not caused from the eye, but the result of other organs in the body such as brain tumor, kidney, liver prostate, breast and bowel.

The manifestation of Metastasis tumor is generally the same as the orbita, so the taking care is similar. as a note, if the tumor is the eye (Metastasis), that means the main tumor (breast, liver etc) is located on the end of the stadium.

Outside the three main families of tumor, there is still another type of eyeball tumor. One is retino blastoma. Symptoms are, eyes shine like cat eyes in the night. In the early stages, this tumor can be taken complete with laser rays eye or lifting the ball without the lid. But if it became too violent, there is no way other than chemotherapy.

The eye tumor was not only attacks the eyes, but also other organs. All the malignant tumor has spread of a serious power. Basalioma is become the only one that is not spread, although still cause a very serious local destruction.