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Ocular Herpes, Eye Herpes OR Herpes Eye Infections
Ocular herpes, meaning HSV infection of
the eye, is almost always caused by HSV-1 in adults and children. In
newborn babies, it can be caused by HSV-2 acquired from the mother
during birth. Ocular herpes usually occurs when latent HSV-1 from an
earlier infection in the facial area reactivates and travels to the eye
instead of the mouth or lips, but the eye can also be the site of a
first infection. About 5% of people with an
oral HSV-1 infection
eventually develop ocular herpes.
Symptoms sometimes begin with blisters or
cold sores on the eyelid and the itchy, watery sort of “pink eye”
associated with conjunctivitis. Later symptoms typically include pain
and sensitivity to light. Most cases will resolve on their own in two or
three weeks, but when left untreated, ocular herpes can lead to painful
lesions on the cornea.
More than 25% of people with ocular herpes
experience recurrences. Repeated recurrences can result in corneal
scarring, overgrowth of new blood vessels in the eye, and eventual
blindness, a variety of effective topical and systemic treatments are
available, including trifluridine, acyclovir, and vidarabine.
Whether or not vision is at risk depends
on where in the eye the infection occurs, how often it recurs, and how
quickly treatment is started.
If you have ocular herpes I would absolutely LOVE it if you would
send
me your story so that I can post it on the web. I'd like to include it
so that other people with ocular herpes will not feel so alone over it.
Good or bad don't hesitate to send me your story, how you were
diagnosed, what you are doing today to treat your eye herpes, and so
forth and so on. Thanks!
Happy Belated Valentine's Day Everybody. I
want to personally thank Heather for being bold enough to share her
story about what it's like to have eye herpes also known as ocular
herpes. Thanks Heather!!
The subject of ocular herpes comes up so much that I thought it would be nice to borrow a
short piece straight from the Managing Herpes book. If you don't already
have this book in your arsenal of herpes information, I highly recommend
that you order it sooner rather than waiting until later.
Ocular Herpes Stories
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