FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER WHAT IS CORNEAL ULCER FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER SIGNS OF FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER SYMPTOMS OF FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER TREATMENT OF FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER BY RAIN HEALTH CARE YouTube & Facebook page https://youtube.com/@RAINHEALTHCARE?si=iEJoB78UOf2h-2Eh

1. FUNGAL CORNEAL ULCER
INDRAJIT BISWAS { consultant optometrist & lifestyle expert }

2. CAUSATIVE AGENTS
1. FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS:-
Aspergillus & fusarium are common.
-- seen in agricultural workers.
II. YEAST:-
Candida albicans

3. ETIOLOGY
 Same cause as bacterial keratitis
 Use of topical steroids
 Immunocompromised subjects
MODE OF INFECTION:-
Ocular trauma by agricultural &
vegetable matters.

4. SYMPTOMS
a. Acute pain, redness, lacrimation.
b. Photophobia
c. Decreased visual acuity
d. White spot on the cornea.

5. SIGNS
 DRY LOOKING
 YELLOWISH- WHITE LESION WITH
INDISTINCT MARGIN
 IRIDOCYCLITIS
 MASSIVE DENSE HYPOPYON ARE
COMMON

6. TREATMENT
 Scraping & debridement of the ulcer.
 Atropine eye ointment X 3 times
 Antifungal eye drop:-
Natamycin 5 % X hourly
voriconazole e/d X 1-2 hourly
** Response delayed long-time use**
***systemic if ulcer is deep use
ketoconazole or fluconazole***