When an elderly person’s cornea is slightly damaged by an eye contact, the ability to grow back depends on the severity of the damage. Mild injuries, such as corneal epithelial abrasions, can heal, but if the cornea has a deep, full-layer wound, it will not heal naturally and will need to be treated with sutures.
Elderly people’s eyes may be damaged if they are touched by eyeglasses. In most cases, the damage is relatively mild and belongs to corneal epithelial abrasion, and patients will have symptoms such as foreign body sensation and photophobia, which can be healed. Patients can accelerate its repair by ordering recombinant human epidermal growth factor eye drops and prevent infection by ordering of ofloxacin eye drops.
Individual patients with more serious damage after being touched, such as the whole layer of the cornea cracked, at this time can not naturally grow back, you need to go to the hospital ophthalmology through emergency surgery to close the wound, otherwise it is prone to cause endophthalmitis, ocular contents out of the eye and other serious complications.
When the cornea of the elderly is injured by glasses, it is necessary to go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital for examination in a timely manner, and the doctor will evaluate the condition and guide individualized treatment.