What is marginal ulcerative keratitis?

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Marginal ulcerative keratitis refers to Mooren's corneal ulcer, which is caused by inflammation of corneal tissue caused by various adverse factors and caused by cell necrosis and detachment.

What is marginal ulcerative keratitis?

Cornea is the transparent tissue in the front of the outer layer of the eyeball wall, which is an important part of the refractive system of the eye. The patient's immune function is disturbed or stimulated by adverse factors such as trauma, cell or virus infection, which causes inflammation of the marginal cornea and necrosis and detachment of some cells, which will form ulcer, and then clinical symptoms such as eye foreign body sensation, eye pain and visual loss will occur. A series of pathological changes and clinical symptoms occur in patients are Mooren's corneal ulcer.

Patients should receive clinical treatment to control the progression of inflammation after diagnosis, and prevent complications such as corneal perforation and retinal detachment.



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