Rubbing your eyes too hard can harm delicate tissues, resulting in corneal abrasions or aggravated keratoconus, a condition in which the cornea thins and becomes distorted. Massaging the eye area, ...

Laser treatment (ablation) Cryotherapy (often works for large areas of misdirected lashes) Surgery (for severe cases, eyelid surgery can be done to treat trichiasis If left untreated, trichiasis can ...

It happens when a parasite that can be found in water invades the eye, damaging the cornea, causing severe pain and ...

They can invade the eye through a minor abrasion in the cornea and infect it ... required scraping cells off her eye with a metal tool. Treatment involved inserting chlorhexidine and Brolene ...

Corneal disease in vernal keratoconjunctivitis and atopic keratoconjunctivitis currently requires aggressive treatment with topical steroids. In the future, better identification of the ...

Over time, you may need other treatments to strengthen your cornea and improve your sight. A treatment called cornea collagen crosslinking may stop the condition from worsening. Or your doctor ...

Davis suffered a corneal abrasion to the same eye in March. He left the arena without speaking to reporters Sunday. "I just know that he got poked in it," Lakers coach JJ Redick said of Davis' eye ...

The limbal ring, the dark ring around the iris, houses a reservoir of stem cells that keep the cornea’s outermost ... trials in March to assess the treatment’s efficacy. Several other iPS ...

The outermost layer of the cornea is maintained by a reservoir of ... Nishida says they plan to launch clinical trials in March to assess the treatment’s efficacy. Several other iPS-cell-based ...

In the final stage, it causes permanent visual loss and corneal scarring. Medical treatment is recommended for the early stage of Fuchs’ dystrophy. A five percent saline solution or ointment ...

KB408 for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD ... The Company continues to enroll patients in a natural history study to prospectively collect data on the frequency of corneal ...

Using them for too long can damage the cornea epithelium, resulting in open sores and corneal abrasions. Through this, your vision can be affected, followed by transmission of infection.