What is the diagnosis of herpetic keratitis

Herpes keratitis diagnosis methods are physical examination, laboratory examination, other examinations, etc. First, physical examination If the doctor on the patient's visual examination found that the existence of red eyes, tears, photophobia and other discomfort symptoms, help doctors to make a diagnosis of the disease. 2. Laboratory examination 1. Epithelial scraping examination When the doctor carries out epithelial scraping examination on the conjunctiva and cornea of the patient, if there are macrophages and eosinophilic inclusions in the scraped tissue, it can generally help diagnose herpetic keratitis. 2, fluorescein labeled antibody staining technology doctors on the patient's corneal epithelium using fluorescein labeled antibody staining technology for examination, can determine the presence of viral infection. 3. Serum neutralizing antibody When the doctor uses complement fixation test to examine the diseased tissues of the patient, if high titer varicella zoster virus antibody is found, it can be confirmed that herpetic keratitis is related to varicella zoster virus. Herpes keratitis can be diagnosed if the doctor can isolate the herpes virus from the diseased tissue when the virus isolation examination is carried out by the doctor on the diseased tissue of the patient. 2. slit lamp examination When doctors use slit lamp to examine the cornea, sclera and other eye tissues of patients, they can understand the location of the lesion and the severity of the disease, providing basis for the diagnosis of herpetic keratitis.