Keratitis and Current Treatment Methods in Pets

Abstract

Keratitis is defined as infectious and non-infectious eye disease in human medicine and ulcerative and non-ulcerative disease in veterinary medicine. The corneal epithelium is the transparent anterior part of the eye that covers the iris and pupil. It acts as a transparent membrane that allows light to pass through the eye. A healthy cornea pre-vents bacteria invasion of the eye via anatomical, mechanical, immunological, and microbiological mechanisms. Failure of these defenses and trauma, immunosuppression, and neurological or iatrogenic factors predispose the cornea to ulcerative keratitis and bacterial eye infections. Inadequate tear secretion and eyelid dysfunction lead to insufficient corneal protection, and the combination of these reasons with endogenous causes triggers excessive epithelial dam-age.

Keywords

• Cornea
• keratitis
• ocular surface disease

Evcil Hayvanlarda Keratit ve Güncel Tedavi Yöntemleri

Abstract

Keratit, insan hekimliğinde enfeksiyöz ve non-enfeksiyöz göz hastalığı, veteriner hekimliğinde ise ülseratif ve non-ülseratif göz hastalığı olarak tanımlanır. Kornea epiteli, iris ve pupillayı örten gözün şeffaf ön kısmıdır. Işığın gözden geçmesini sağlayan şeffaf bir zar görevi görür. Sağlıklı bir kornea anatomik, mekanik, immunolojik ve mikrobiyolojik mekanizmalarla çeşitli bakterilerin istilasını önler. Hastalıklar, travma ve immunsupresyon, nörolojik veya iyatrojenik nedenlerle bu savunmanın yetersiz kalması korneayı ülseratif keratit ve bakteriyel göz enfeksiyonlarına yatkın hale getirir. Eksik gözyaşı salgısı ve göz kapağı disfonksiyonu yetersiz kornea korumasına yol açar ve bu nedenlerin endo-jen nedenlerle birleşmesi aşırı epitel hasarını tetikler.

Keywords

• Keratit
• kornea
• oküler yüzey hastalığı

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