“Stage 1 is the mild stage, where patients usually have punctate keratitis and minor epithelial ... it’s a more diffuse staining,” she said. According to Sabater, blink rate can also be ...

Although diffuse lamellar keratitis has been related to immunologic or toxic reaction of some type of contaminant in the laminar interface, a single agent has not been detected yet. It has been ...

but also superficial punctate keratitis and pronounced conditions of filamentary keratitis. For tearing deficiencies, as occur in sicca syndrome, not only a reduction of the aqueous phase of the ...