Reoccurring Episcleritis and the Role of Antioxidants

Episcleritis is an irritation of the episclera of our eyes. Episclera is a thin layer of tissue present between the conjunctiva and sclera. There are mainly four causes of episcleritis: an allergic response, autoimmune, vascular disease, or infections. The symptoms are redness, erythema, discomfort...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Lokesh, Ajmera, Kunal, Pandit, Ramesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9073074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35530867
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24111
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description Episcleritis is an irritation of the episclera of our eyes. Episclera is a thin layer of tissue present between the conjunctiva and sclera. There are mainly four causes of episcleritis: an allergic response, autoimmune, vascular disease, or infections. The symptoms are redness, erythema, discomfort in the eyes, and clear discharge. It can sometimes be painful as well. In this case presentation, we will discuss the role of vitamin c in the prevention and reoccurrence of autoimmune episcleritis.
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spelling pubmed-90730742022-05-06 Reoccurring Episcleritis and the Role of Antioxidants Goyal, Lokesh Ajmera, Kunal Pandit, Ramesh Cureus Family/General Practice Episcleritis is an irritation of the episclera of our eyes. Episclera is a thin layer of tissue present between the conjunctiva and sclera. There are mainly four causes of episcleritis: an allergic response, autoimmune, vascular disease, or infections. The symptoms are redness, erythema, discomfort in the eyes, and clear discharge. It can sometimes be painful as well. In this case presentation, we will discuss the role of vitamin c in the prevention and reoccurrence of autoimmune episcleritis. Cureus 2022-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9073074/ /pubmed/35530867 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24111 Text en Copyright © 2022, Goyal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9073074/
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