Nursing care in patients with corneal inflammation

There are two types of keratitis, the one which includes substance loss (ulcer) and the one where the inflammation process develops in deep layers without epithelium damage (keratitis stromalis or parenchimatosa).Common signs for all the types of keratitis are: cular pain that is intensified during the movement of palpebra on cornea. photophobia, it occurs from the painful contraction of the inflamed iris, decrease on sight sharpness, and watering.According to etiology, keratitis is divided in bacterial, viral, mitotic, allergic and trophic keratitis. According to this study, masculine gender is much more affected with 41 cases in total or 68.33%, then comes female gender with 19 cases or 31.67%. In the data regarding age, it is noticed that the most likely groups to be attacked are those of 60-79 years old, with 20 cases in total, 12 males and 8 females. It is also worth mentioning that there were 4 patients with elongated hospitalization, 3 males and 1 female, who stayed in the hospital in the period 29-35 days. In order to have a desirable success, certainly the nurse should have an ethical and professional approach toward the patient. There is a great psychological difference in the patients’ attitude towards their disability regarding with what we are dealing with: whether it is a born or gained disability