Ultraviolet Keratitis

Aka: Ultraviolet Keratitis, Snow Blindness, Ultraviolet Radiation Induced Photokeratitis, UV Photokeratitis, UV Keratitis, Photokeratitis

II. Pathophysiology

  1. Corneal Sunburn at high altitude

III. Signs

  1. Iritis
  2. Uveitis
  3. Keratitis

IV. Management

  1. General
    1. Remove Contact Lenses
    2. Patch affected eye
  2. Topical Ophthalmic Antibiotics to prevent infection
    1. Tobramycin
    2. Gentamicin
  3. Pain management
    1. Cool compresses
    2. Cycloplegic (Cyclogyl) eliminates ciliary spasm
    3. Ophthalmic Topical NSAIDS

V. Prevention

  1. Sun glasses (UV protection, large lenses with side shields)

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Related Studies

Ontology: Photokeratitis (C0155078)

Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
ICD9 370.24
ICD10 H16.13
SnomedCT 193770007, 1714005
English Photokeratitis NOS, photokeratitis (diagnosis), photokeratitis, Photokeratitis NOS (disorder), Photokeratitis, Photokeratitis (disorder)
Italian Fotocheratite
Japanese 光線角膜炎, ｺｳｾﾝｶｸﾏｸｴﾝ
Czech Fotokeratitida
Hungarian Photokeratitis
Spanish fotoqueratitis, SAI (trastorno), fotoqueratitis, SAI, fotoqueratitis (trastorno), fotoqueratitis, Fotoqueratitis
Portuguese Fotoqueratite
Dutch fotokeratitis
French Photokératite
German Photokeratitis
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

Ontology: Snow blindness (C0271265)

Concepts Injury or Poisoning (T037)
ICD10 H16.13
SnomedCT 155155006, 267730006, 22075008
Dutch sneeuwblindheid, blindheid; sneeuwblindheid
French Ophtalmie des neiges
German Schneeblindheit
Italian Accecamento da neve
Portuguese Cegueira da neve
Spanish Ceguera por reflejo de la nieve, ceguera de la nieve (trastorno), ceguera de la nieve, oftalmía nivialis
Japanese 雪盲, ｾﾂﾓｳ
English snow blindness (diagnosis), snow blindness, Blindness;snow, snowblindness, Snow blindness, Ophthalmia nivialis, Snow blindness (disorder), blindness; snow blindness
Czech Sněžná slepota
Hungarian Hó vakság
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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