Symptoms of viral keratitis

Dr. Alex Carter
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2025-05-18 20:25:25
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Viral keratitis can cause eye pain, limbal congestion and photophobia, tears, etc.
1, eye pain
cornea rich in trigeminal nerve of the first sensory nerve, when the trigeminal nerve by virus attack, patients can appear eye pain performance, pain is generally mild, only a few patients because of serious illness can appear severe pain.
2, limbal congestion
in inflammation stimulation, limbal capillaries can occur expansion, congestion, some patients due to new blood vessels invaded the cornea, can appear dendritic, bright red capillary network.
3, photophobia, tears
When the cornea is stimulated by light, patients can also appear photophobia, tears symptoms.