Infections and Surgery

There are serious eye infections and not-so-serious eye infections. An example of a not-so-serious eye infection would be a common viral conjunctivitis–pink eye. In viral conjunctivitis, it is quite unlikely that there will be permanent consequences and quite likely that the infection will resolve on its own.

An example of a common serious eye infection is a corneal infection, which are often caused by contact lenses. Usually, corneal infections can be treated with eye drops. However, there are occasions in which the infection becomes too much of a danger, and the infection has to literally be cut out of the cornea. In this case, we sometimes have to basically do a corneal transplant, removing the infected cornea from the eye and replacing it with a new cornea.