How to Use keratitis in a Sentence

keratitis

noun

• If not treated quickly enough, keratitis can spiral into a corneal ulcer, or open sore on the front of your eye.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Nov. 2018
• One more thing to look out for: conjunctivitis and keratitis.
  — Sara Spruch-Feiner, Teen Vogue, 14 Feb. 2018
• One of those is acanthamoeba, a parasite that can live in lakes and oceans and cause a rare infection called acanthamoeba keratitis.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Apr. 2018
• Many contact lens wearers are unaware of the risk of this infection, called Acanthamoeba keratitis.
  — NBC News, 17 July 2019
• Another potential concern is HSV keratitis, when the virus from the cold sores spreads to the eyes, causing an infection of the cornea and potentially blindness.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2017
• Acanthamoeba keratitis occurs when the amoeba makes its way onto a person's cornea.
  — NBC News, 17 July 2019
• Acanthamoeba keratitis happens due to a microbe that can hang out in tap water (and distilled water, too), stick to your contacts, and cause an infection.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 July 2018
• Letting keratitis go can cause permanent damage that can impact your vision, the Mayo Clinic says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 19 June 2018
• With Bacteria In 2010, Jeng coauthored a study on ulcerative keratitis, a kind of eye infection that leads to inflammation and pain.
  — Markham Heid, Time, 6 July 2017
• Combined with the fact that microorganisms and allergens build up on your lenses over time, this increases your risk of an eye infection like infectious keratitis.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 19 Oct. 2018
• Superficial corneal ulcers will cause keratitis, a condition in which the eye becomes inflamed.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Sep. 2018
• Among other symptoms, keratitis can cause pain, redness, tearing or discharge, sensitivity to light, and blurry vision, per the Mayo Clinic.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 4 May 2018
• These kinds of mistakes open you up to issues like keratitis, an irritating inflammation of your corneas that can cause scratchiness, pain, blurry vision, and other symptoms.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 June 2018
• Proper keratitis treatment really depends on the cause.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 5 June 2018
• The warning comes from a new case report in the New England Journal of Medicine, which tells the story of a woman who, after swimming in her contact lenses, developed acanthamoeba keratitis, an infection that can impair your vision.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 17 July 2019
• This means that certain bacteria have been linked to certain diseases, like Sjogren’s Syndrome or bacterial keratitis.
  — Scientific American, 23 June 2019
• Actually, sleeping in your contacts (or misusing them in other ways, like not cleaning them properly) can lead to corneal inflammation called keratitis as a result of reduced oxygen flow, Dr. Maszczak says.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 1 Nov. 2018
• The organization specifically highlights three eye conditions that people with eyelid eczema should have on their radar: pink eye, keratitis, and keratoconus.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 3 July 2018

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024