Visual acuity

Inexpensive HIV Med Improves Vision in Diabetic Eye Disease

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TOPLINE: Oral lamivudine, an inflammasome inhibitor originally approved for suppressing HIV, was a relatively safe and effective treatment for improving visual acuity in adults with center-involving diabetic macular edema, a serious complication of diabetic retinopathy. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of oral lamivudine vs placebo in improving visual acuity in … Read more

Infectious keratitis following photorefractive keratectomy: a 13-year study at a tertiary center | Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

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This retrospective study presented the incidence rate, features, and outcomes of infectious keratitis following PRK in a tertiary hospital over a 13-year period. In our center, the post-PRK infectious keratitis incidence rate was reported as 0.018%. which was within the range reported in former studies (Table 6) [9,10,11,12,13]. Table 6 Incidence of post-PRK infectious keratitis in … Read more