Ayurvedic management of Ulcerative Keratitis – A case report

ABSTRACT

Ulcerative Keratitis is a sight-threatening corneal infection. It is one of the most common global causes ofirreversible blindness due to corneal diseases. This case report highlights the potential of Ayurvedicmanagement in nonresponding ulcerative keratitis. A 20 year old boy came to the outpatient departmentwith redness, discharge, photophobia and defective vision in the right eye since 4 months following aforeign body injury. He was treated at leading ophthalmic hospital for keratitis but due to poor responsewas suggested keratoplasty and the patient had opted for Ayurvedic treatment. He was initially treated inthe OPD and since he started responding well to treatment, he was admitted in the hospital. He underwent Jaloukavacharana, Snehapana, Virechana, Nasya, Anjana, Tarpana and Putapaka. He wascompletely relieved of pain, redness, discharge, photophobia. His BCVA was hand movements at the timeof the first visit and it improved to 6/24 at the time of discharge. Ayurveda has an important role to playin infective eye diseases which needs to be explored scientifically.© 2018 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Publishing Services byElsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).