Viral Keratitis

|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

眼痛，羞明流泪，抱轮红赤，黑睛浅层点状混浊或深层混浊；兼见头痛鼻塞；舌质红，苔薄黄，脉浮数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The eye may feel painful, with noticeable discomfort when opening, closing, or moving it.
  • Sensitivity to strong light causes tearing; exposure to light makes tears flow more freely and increases discomfort.
  • The area around the cornea (ciliary injection) is congested and red, appearing as a reddish ring.
  • Punctate opacities can be seen in the superficial layers of the cornea, or deeper opacities may appear.
  • Accompanied by headache and nasal congestion, with uncomfortable breathing difficulty.
  • The tongue appears reddish in color.
  • The tongue coating is thin and yellow, without a thick covering.
  • The pulse feels floating and slightly rapid upon palpation.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

祛风清热

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Dispel factors that cause migratory discomfort and itching, and relieve symptoms such as aversion to wind, headache, and body aches.
  • Clear internal heat to relieve discomfort such as fever, sore throat, dry mouth, and irritability.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

患眼涩痛，灼热畏光，热泪频流，白睛混赤，黑睛生翳，扩大加深，呈树枝状或地图状；或兼见胁痛，口苦咽干，尿黄；舌质红，苔黄，脉弦数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The eyes feel dry and painful, with discomfort when blinking or moving them.
  • A burning sensation in the eyes and photophobia, with marked discomfort upon exposure to bright light.
  • Tears feel warm and flow frequently, with a tendency to tear up involuntarily.
  • The white of the eye is red and appears turbid, looking red but not clear.
  • Corneal opacities develop, gradually expanding and deepening, appearing branch-like or map-like in shape.
  • Sometimes there is pain in both sides of the ribcage, with dull aching in the chest and flanks.
  • A bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, with discomfort when speaking or swallowing.
  • Urine appears yellowish, darker than usual.
  • Extending the tongue reveals a reddish tongue body.
  • The tongue coating is yellow, with a yellowish appearance.
  • The pulse feels taut like a bowstring and is slightly rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清肝泻火

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Reduce internal heat in the liver to relieve irritability, red eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, and distension in the flanks.
  • Alleviate fire-heat manifestations such as head distension, headache, dry throat, thirst, constipation, and dark urine.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

患眼热泪胶黏，抱轮红赤，黑睛生翳，如地图状，或黑睛深层生翳，呈圆盘状混浊、肿胀，或病情缠绵，反复发作；伴头重胸闷，口黏纳呆，便溏；舌质红，苔黄腻，脉濡数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The affected eye produces warm, sticky tears, and discharge causes the eyelashes to stick together.
  • The area around the cornea (ciliary injection) is congested and red, presenting a reddish ring.
  • Opacities appear on the corneal surface, spreading in a map-like pattern.
  • Sometimes deep corneal opacities develop, presenting as disc-shaped haziness accompanied by swelling.
  • The condition lingers, fluctuating between improvement and worsening, and tends to recur frequently.
  • A feeling of heaviness in the head, along with chest tightness and discomfort.
  • The mouth feels sticky and greasy, with poor appetite and tastelessness.
  • Stools are loose and unformed, with a sense of incomplete evacuation.
  • The tongue appears reddish when extended.
  • The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, looking unclear or dirty.
  • The pulse feels soft and somewhat rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

清热除湿

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Clear internal fire to relieve discomfort such as fever, sore throat, thirst, and irritability.
  • Eliminate dampness from the body to reduce symptoms such as heaviness, stickiness, chest tightness, abdominal distension, and thick greasy tongue coating.

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|Common Symptoms

Clinical Description:

眼内干涩不适，羞明减轻，抱轮微红，黑睛生翳日久，迁延不愈或时愈时发；常伴口干咽燥；舌质红少津，脉细或细数

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • The eyes feel dry and gritty, with general discomfort.
  • Photophobia is somewhat reduced; discomfort upon exposure to bright light is less severe than before.
  • Mild congestion and redness around the cornea (ciliary injection).
  • Corneal opacities have persisted for a long time, slow to resolve, or recur intermittently.
  • Often accompanied by dry mouth and a parched throat.
  • The tongue appears reddish when extended, with a dry surface due to reduced moisture.
  • The pulse feels thin, or thin and rapid.

|TCM Approach

Clinical Description:

滋阴祛风

Plain-Language Explanation:

  • Supplement fluids and internal nourishment to relieve yin deficiency discomfort such as dry mouth, dry throat, irritability, and night sweats.
  • Dispel factors causing wind movement, such as itching, dizziness, and twitching, to stabilize symptoms.

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