What are the symptoms of herpes simplex keratitis?

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Herpes simplex keratitis can cause eye pain, limbal congestion and eye itching, foreign body sensation and other manifestations.

What are the symptoms of herpes simplex keratitis?

1, eye pain

because the cornea is rich in the first sensory nerve of the trigeminal nerve, so when the trigeminal nerve is attacked by the virus, it can cause eye pain performance, serious patients can not open their eyes because of severe pain.

2, limbal congestion

in inflammation stimulation, limbal capillaries can occur expansion, congestion, serious cases due to new blood vessels invaded the cornea, but also can appear dendritic, bright red capillary network.

What are the symptoms of herpes simplex keratitis?

3, other manifestations of some

patients can also be accompanied by eye itching, foreign body sensation, when stimulated by light, there may be photophobia, tears and other symptoms.



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