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Bacterial Conjuvitis. Blurred Vision, Burning Eyes. Is This Punctate Keratitis?
Hello, I am Bahar, from Turkey and have been seeing so many eye doctors for bacterial conjunctivitis for 1.5 months now. I came down with a pretty bad case of pink eye that startes on 10th of July, and after the first set of drops I had used, I was allergic to the medication, according to what my third doctor said.It has been 1.5 months now and although I do not have the pink eye anymore, my vision is very blurred and I still feel some burning sensation and the feeling of a foreign object in my eye(it's rare tho).But what is more irritating is that I can't see any texts /letters clearly now. I mean when I want to read something , I look at the screen and its blurry; I really have to get close to the computer screen , but then it is still kinda hazy around and I feel like the letters are sliding. It is in both of my eyes ,too, but mostly in the left one where I first had the pink eye . What I am going to ask you is if I really have punctate keratitis as my fourth eye doctor (I know too many) told me. They prescribed Maxidex pomad and Onadron and said my eye pressure was also high. Do I have some permanent damage in my eyes now? What should I do about this? Thank you very much in advance.
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Hello,
As given in the history, conjunctivitis for 1.5 months for which you have taken treatment and now you are having symptoms of blurring of vision indicates involvement of the cornea in the form of most probably punctate keratitis.
The treatment for punctate keratitis takes a bit long and the symptoms will subside totally with effective and correct treatment. The treatment of punctate keratitis involves steroid eye drops after control of infection. The use of steroid eye drops in few individuals can result in rise of intraocular pressure which you have quoted in the history. If the intraocular pressure increases in response to steroid eye drops, you need to stop it and replace it by alternative treatment options like non steroidal antiinflammatory eye drops to prevent damage to the optic nerve.
Please do consult your eye doctor for appropriate management according to your eye condition.
Thank you
As given in the history, conjunctivitis for 1.5 months for which you have taken treatment and now you are having symptoms of blurring of vision indicates involvement of the cornea in the form of most probably punctate keratitis.
The treatment for punctate keratitis takes a bit long and the symptoms will subside totally with effective and correct treatment. The treatment of punctate keratitis involves steroid eye drops after control of infection. The use of steroid eye drops in few individuals can result in rise of intraocular pressure which you have quoted in the history. If the intraocular pressure increases in response to steroid eye drops, you need to stop it and replace it by alternative treatment options like non steroidal antiinflammatory eye drops to prevent damage to the optic nerve.
Please do consult your eye doctor for appropriate management according to your eye condition.
Thank you
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Hi..
Thanks for the query.
According to your symptoms you could have had a viral/bacterial superimposed on viral conjunctivitis which has run a long course..
Subepithelial punctate infiltrates are common with this type of conjunctivitis as you have..
They completely resolve but will take a very long course.
The medicines you are using are little stronger steroids (dexamethasone)..
You can use milder steroids like fluoromethalone or loteprednol which do not have a risk of raised IOP even when taken for longer duration..
Hope this information helps.. Take care..
Thanks for the query.
According to your symptoms you could have had a viral/bacterial superimposed on viral conjunctivitis which has run a long course..
Subepithelial punctate infiltrates are common with this type of conjunctivitis as you have..
They completely resolve but will take a very long course.
The medicines you are using are little stronger steroids (dexamethasone)..
You can use milder steroids like fluoromethalone or loteprednol which do not have a risk of raised IOP even when taken for longer duration..
Hope this information helps.. Take care..
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Hi, First of all let me tell you that post conjunctivitis some patients suffer from dry eye condition. So yo have to use only some tear substitute 6 times a day.Do some hot fomentation which ll help your oil glads of your eye lids to open and have proper tear film stability. The two drops what you are using are steroid which can cause increasing in your eye pressure if you are a steroid responder. So show a glaucoma specialist if possible if your IOP is high.....TC
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