Wednesday, March 3, 2010

RCE Recurring Chronic Erosion

Question
Treatment for Chronic Eye Erosion.


Answer
Well, there are a few treatments.  At first they usually try heavy use of artificial tears.  If that does not work there are two surgical options.  One, is to scrape all the epithelium (top layer of cells) off the cornea, hoping it will regrow properly.   2)  a fine needle can be used to puncture all around the eroding area to encourage new growth that holds on better.  I believe in really stubborn cases, a laser can even be used to take off the top layer of cells in hope that it will regrow properly.