A pterygium is a growth of the conjunctiva or mucous membrane that covers the white part of your eye over the cornea. The cornea is the clear front covering of the eye. This benign or noncancerous growth is often shaped like a wedge.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!A pterygium usually doesn’t cause problems in initial stages but later it can create problems, thats why it requires intime proper treatment.
What causes Pterygium?
The exact cause of pterygium isn’t known. My (Dr. Qaisar Ahmed MD, DHMS) explanation is that high levels of cholesterol, low intake of liquid especially plan water, malnutrition and too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light can lead to these growths.
People whose eyes are exposed to certain elements on a regular basis have a higher risk of developing this condition. These elements include:
- Pollen
- Sand
- Smoke
- Wind
symptoms of Pterygium
A pterygium doesn’t always cause symptoms. When it does, the symptoms are usually mild. Common symptoms include redness, blurred vision, and eye irritation. You might also feel a burning sensation or itchiness.
If a pterygium grows large enough to cover the cornea, it can interfere with your vision. Thick or larger pterygium can also cause you to feel like you have a foreign object in your eye.
A pterygium can lead to severe scarring on the cornea, but this is rare. Scarring on the cornea needs to be treated because it can cause vision loss. For minor cases, treatment usually involves D Eye eye drops to treat. Even in serious cases, D Eye eye drops treatment is enough to treat the pterygium.
Diagnose of this condition based on a physical examination using a slit lamp. (slit lamp allows the doctor to see the eye with the help of magnification and bright lighting).
Additional tests include:
- Visual acuity test. This test involves reading letters on an eye chart.
- Corneal topography. This medical mapping technique is used to measure curvature changes in your cornea.
- Photo documentation. This procedure involves taking pictures to track the growth rate of the pterygium.
Treatment
A pterygium usually doesn’t require any treatment unless it’s blocking your vision or causing severe discomfort. Your eye doctor might want to check your eyes occasionally to see if the growth is causing vision problems.
Medications
In allopathic drugs there is only little help for poor patient not any cure, and that is – if the pterygium is causing a lot of irritation or redness, your doctor may prescribe eye drops or eye ointments that contain corticosteroids to reduce inflammation and that’s all.
Or your doctor may recommend surgery to remove the pterygium if eye drops or ointments don’t provide relief.
Surgery is also done when a pterygium causes a loss of vision or a condition called astigmatism, which can result in blurry vision.
But the main point here is that in almost all cases, a pterygium can return after being surgically removed. Your eye might also feel dry and irritated after surgery. Your doctor can prescribe medications to provide relief and reduce the risk of having a pterygium grow back. ???
Proper Homeopathic Treatment
D Eye drops
Cataract, Keratitis with intense chemosis of ocular conjunctiva, Sclera raised in patches, Styes and tarsal
tumors, Suppurative inflammation of eyes, Photophobia, Spots before the vision, Blurred vision, acrid lachrymation, Sticky mucus on cornea, Opacities, Catarrhal conjunctivitis, Pterygium. Thrombosis of retinal vessels and degenerative changes in retinal cells.
Thuja Occidentalis
Ciliary neuralgia; iritis. Eyelids agglutinated at night; dry, scaly. Styes and tarsal tumors (Staph). Acute and subacute inflammation of sclera. Sclera raised in patches, and looks bluish-red. Large, flat phlyctenules; indolent. Recurring episcleritis. Chronic scleritis.
Apis Melifestida
Lids swollen, red, oedematous, everted, inflamed; burn and sting. Conjunctiva bright red, puffy. Lachrymation hot. Photophobia. Sudden piercing pains. Pain around orbits. Serous exudation, oedema, and sharp pains. Suppurative inflammation of eyes. Keratitis with intense chemosis of ocular conjunctiva. Staphyloma of cornea following suppurative inflammation. Styes, also prevents their recurrence.
Argentum Nitricum
Inner canthal swollen and red. Spots before the vision. Blurred vision. Photophobia in warm room. Purulent ophthalmia. Great swelling of conjunctiva; discharge abundant and purulent. Chronic ulceration of margin of lids; sore, thick, swollen. Unable to keep eyes fixed steadily. Eye-strain from sewing; worse in warm room. Aching, tired feeling in eyes, better closing or pressing upon them. Useful in restoring power to the weakened ciliary muscles. Paretic condition of ciliary muscle. Acute granular conjunctivitis. Cornea opaque. Corneal ulcers.
Arsenicum Album
Burning in eyes, with acrid lachrymation. Lids red, ulcerated, scabby, scaly, granulated. Oedema around eyes. External inflammation, with extreme painfulness; burning, hot, and excoriating lachrymation. Corneal ulceration. Intense photophobia; better external warmth. Ciliary neuralgia, with fine burning pain.
Euphrasia Officinalis
Catarrhal conjunctivitis; discharge of acrid matter. The eyes lacrimation all the time. Acrid lachrymation; bland coryza. Discharge thick and excoriating. Burning and swelling of the lids. Frequent inclination to blink. Free discharge of acrid matter. Sticky mucus on cornea; must wink to remove it. Pressure in eyes. Little blisters on cornea. Opacities. Rheumatic iritis. Ptosis.
Belladonna
Throbbing deep in eyes on lying down. Pupils dilated (Agnus Castus). Eyes feel swollen and protruding, staring, brilliant; conjunctiva red; dry, burning; photophobia; shooting in eyes. Exophthalmos. Ocular illusions; fiery appearance. Diplopia, squinting, spasms of lids. Sensation as if eyes were half closed. Eyelids swollen. Fundus congested.
Nux Moschatata
Dryness of eyes, and sensation of dryness, which impedes movements of lids. In evening it is difficult to read by artificial light. Blindness then fainting. Profuse lachrymation and burning pains in eyes. Tension round eyes and in lids. Sensation of fulness in eyes, with contraction of pupils. Pulsating, pressing pain on a small spot over left eye. Illusions of vision: objects appear too distant, too large, or too small. Sees two objects instead of one. Weakness of sight. Blue rings around eyes.
Hepar Sulph
Pain, as if the eyes were driven, or drawn back, into the head. Painful and difficult movement of the eyes. Heat. Throbbing in and about the eye.-Pressure in the eyes, as from a foreign body (sand etc). Pain, as from ulceration, immediately above the eye, every evening. Inflammation of the eyes and of the eyelids, sometimes erysipelatous, with pain as of a bruise, and of excoriation, on being touched.
Pimples above the eyes, and on the eyelids. Specks and ulcers on the cornea. Nocturnal lachrymation and agglutination of the eyelids. Spasmodic closing of the eyelids (at night). Eyes prominent. Obscuration of the sight on reading. Photophobia by day, and by candle-light. The eyes ache from the bright light of day, when moving them. Confusion of sight, in the evening, by candle-light, alternately with clearness of vision. The objects appear to be red.
Gelsemium Sempervirens
Ptosis; eyelids heavy; patient can hardly open them. Double vision. Disturbed muscular apparatus. Corrects blurring and discomfort in eyes even after accurately adjusted glasses. Vision blurred, smoky. Dim-sighted; pupils dilated and insensible to light. Orbital neuralgia, with contraction and twitching of muscles. Bruised pain back of the orbits. One pupil dilated, the other contracted. Deep inflammations, with haziness of vitreous. Serous inflammations. Albuminuric retinitis. Detached retina, glaucoma and descemetitis. Hysterical amblyopia.
Calcarea Carbonica
Sensitive to light. Lachrymation in open air and early in morning. Spots and ulcers on cornea. Lachrymal ducts closed from exposure to cold. Easy fatigue of eyes. Far sighted. Itching of lids, swollen, scurfy. Chronic dilatation of pupils. Cataract. Dimness of vision, as if looking through a mist. Lachrymal fistula; scrofulous ophthalmia.
Phosphorus
Cataract. Sensation as if everything were covered with a mist or veil, or dust, or something pulled tightly over eyes. Black points seem to float before the eyes. Patient sees better by shading eyes with hand. Fatigue of eyes and head even without much use of eyes. Green halo about the candlelight. Letters appear red. Atrophy of optic nerve.
Oedema of lids and about e eyes. Pearly white conjunctiva and long curved lashes. Partial loss of vision from abuse of tobacco, Pain in orbital bones. Paresis of extrinsic muscles. Diplopia, due to deviation of the visual axis. Amaurosis from sexual excess. Glaucoma. Thrombosis of retinal vessels and degenerative changes in retinal cells. Degenerative changes where soreness and curved lines are seen in old people. Retinal trouble with lights and hallucination of vision.
zincum Metallicum
Pterygium; smarting, lachrymation, itching. Pressure as if pressed into head. Itching and soreness of lids and inner angles. Ptosis. Rolling of eyes. Blurring of one-half of vision; worse, stimulants. Squinting. Amaurosis, with severe headache. Red and inflamed conjunctiva; worse, inner canthus.
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