Eye disease following shingles infection. Close-up the eye of a 93-year-old male patient affected by band keratopathy and iritis (inflammation of the iris) following shingles (herpes zoster) 2 months earlier. Shingles is caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, which lies dormant in the nerves after causing chicken pox. A shingles rash is limited to the area of skin supplied by the nerve in which the virus lay dormant. Band keratopathy is the appearance of calcium on the central cornea. | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Marazzi, Dr. P. |
Bildgröße: | 5520 px × 3680 px |
Modell-Rechte: | vorhanden |
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