Anomalies in the development of the lens may have different manifestations. Any changes in the shape, size, and location of the lens cause severe disturbances in its function.
Filamentous keratitis (dry keratoconjunctivitis) refers to corneal diseases of unexplained etiology and is one of the symptoms of a common body disease called Sjögren's syndrome.
Recurrent corneal erosion is rare. It can be manifested in a diffuse or local form. Complaints of the patient are very typical: in the morning he opened his eyes and felt a sharp cutting pain, worried about the sensation of a speck in his eye, a tear flowing.
Corneal ulcer occurs when a pathogenic microflora (diplococcus, staphylococcus, streptococcus) gets on the erosion of the cornea or an infected infiltrate after any superficial keratitis.
Treatment of herpetic keratitis is complex and lasting. It is aimed at suppressing the vital activity of the virus, improving trophic processes in the cornea, accelerating the epithelialization of defects, increasing local and general immunity.
The frequency of development of herpetic lesions of the eye is steadily increasing. Herpes is the cause of keratitis in 50% of adult patients and 70-80% in children.
Parenchymal keratitis in congenital syphilis is regarded as a late manifestation of a common disease. Keratitis usually develops at the age of 6 to 20 years, but there are cases of the emergence of typical parenchymal keratitis in both early childhood and adulthood.
