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Article: Focus on preventing corneal complications
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- Ophthalmology Times
- Article date:
- February 15, 2007
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Management
Chronic eye-rubbing should be minimized with control of allergic conjunctivitis
Reviewed by Terry Kim, MD
Las Vegas-Ocular allergies affect up to 40% of the pediatric population, and this high prevalence has ramifications beyond providing symptom relief, said Terry Kim, MD during a continuing medical education symposium here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
"It's very important that we try to prevent corneal complications that are associated with allergic conjunctivitis," said Dr. Kim, associate professor of ophthalmology. Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. "All of us know that keratoconus patients have reported significantly higher ...