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photokeratitis
Sign in to saveAlso known as ultraviolet keratitis, Photokeratitis (disorder), Photokeratitis NOS (disorder), Snow blindness, Arc eye
Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from either natural (e.g. intense direct or reflected sunlight) or artificial (e.g. the electric arc during welding) sources. Photokeratitis is akin to a sunburn of the cornea and conjunctiva.
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Within Vinony's link graph, photokeratitis is referenced by 418 other articles, and connects out to visual impairment, human eye and chorioretinitis.
It sits within the topics Blindness, Disorders of sclera and cornea and Hazards of outdoor recreation.
Its subject is documented across 20 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Medical condition.name
- Photokeratitis
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- health specialty
- ophthalmology
- ICPC 2 ID
- F73
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- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13626
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C118750
- ICD-9-CM
- 370.24
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Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from either natural (e.g. intense direct or reflected sunlight) or artificial (e.g. the electric arc during welding) sources. Photokeratitis is akin to a sunburn of the cornea and conjunctiva.
The injury may be prevented by wearing eye protection that blocks most of the ultraviolet radiation, such as welding goggles with the proper filters, a welder's helmet, sunglasses rated for sufficient UV protection, or appropriate snow goggles. The condition is usually managed by removal from the source of ultraviolet radiation, covering the corneas, and administration of pain relief. Photokeratitis is known by a number of different terms, including snow blindness, arc eye, '''welder's flash, sand eyes, bake eyes, corneal flash burns, flash burns, niphablepsia, or keratoconjunctivitis photoelectrica'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “photokeratitis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.