What is corneal ulceration?

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What is corneal ulceration?

i know you can get it from sleeping in contacts but what is it?

2007-09-03 09:55:25 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Optical

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It means the covering of your eye has an abrasion on it. They hurt like CRAZY. Generally they heal pretty fast if the thing that causes it is removed: dirt in eye, eyelashes rubbing eye, torn contact.

2007-09-03 10:04:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

it's the loss of part of the superficial layer of the cornea [ epithelium ]

2007-09-03 17:43:34 · answer #2 · answered by hasafer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋