Acanthamoeba keratitis
Acanthamoeba is a small, free-living protozoan widely distributed in nature. Acanthamoeba can cause primary encephalitis and keratitis in humans. Hundreds of cases have been reported worldwide since Nagington et al. first reported Acanthamoeba keratitis in 1974. Acanthamoeba keratitis is a serious blinding eye disease, with the main clinical features of severe eye pain, annular stromal keratitis, and corneal radial neuritis. Mild corneal damage and reduced local resistance, such as inappropriate use of corticosteroids, make it easy for Acanthamoeba pathogens to invade the cornea and cause disease.
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Site of disease:
Eye -
Infectious :
Not contagious -
Frequent population:
Most of them are young and healthy people, and the male-female ratio... -
Related symptoms:
tearing red eyes visual impairment ciliary congestion ciliary congestion -
Concurrent disease: