Neural basis of eye surface sensationsAt a recent international eye meeting, Carlos Belmonte, MD, PhD, Alicante, Spain, gave the EuCornea Medal Lecture on the topic of “Neural basis of eye surface sensations. From dryness to pain.” Pain in and around the eye can be very frustrating to treat. This pain goes by many names: eye pain, neuropathic […]
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Exciting newly released study in the Journal of Ophthalmology, one of the top 3 journals in eye surgery: A group from Italy showed positive results in using Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in patients with neurotrophic keratopathy or corneal neuropathy. NK is thought to occur from trigeminal nerve damage 9ie, trigeminal neuralgia[TGN]) and loss of corneal
Our first patient to have Cord Blood Serum for corneal neuropathy and trigeminal neuralgia reported a significant improvement in pain scores from 9/10 pain to 2/10 pain in the one eye the patient is using the CBS. We are very excited about her initial pain scores. This patient will be returning for formal testing of