Eye Herpes (cont.)
Medical Author:
Jay Robert Woody, MD
Jay Robert Woody, MDDr. Jay Woody is a diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Medicine and is an Attending Physician at Parkland Health and Hospital System, Children's Medical Center of Dallas as well as several other north Texas facilities. He is a well-known and widely published authority in the field of emergency medicine and the former regional medical director of a freestanding emergency medicine practice. Medical Editor:
Andrew A. Dahl, MD, FACS
Andrew A. Dahl, MD, FACSAndrew A. Dahl, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. Dr. Dahl's educational background includes a BA with Honors and Distinction from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, and an MD from Cornell University, where he was selected for Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He had an internal medical internship at the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. IN THIS ARTICLEFollow-upFollow-up care usually depends on the severity of the eye problem. Signs and symptoms of recurrence of herpes simplex keratitis are similar to the first episode. Return to your ophthalmologist or the emergency room if you have increased eye pain, any loss of vision, increased eye discharge or redness, or swelling around the eye. Patients with HSV keratitis need to be monitored closely until the disease is inactive. Any suspicious corneal cloudy area (infiltrate) in the presence of HSV epithelial keratitis should be cultured for possible secondary bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infection and then managed with appropriate topical agents. Next Page: Must Read Articles Related to Eye Herpes
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