Photophobia

*PHOTOPHOBIA AND IT'S HOMOEOPATHIC MANAGEMENT*

Light sensitivity is a condition in which bright lights hurt the eyes. It is also called as photophobia.

Mild cases make the person squint in a brightly lit room or while outside. 

In more severe cases, this condition causes considerable pain when the eyes are exposed to almost any type of light.

*Causes*

1.conjuctivitis

2.scleritis

3.corneal abrasion

4.migraine

5.dry eye

*Symptoms*

1.pain or burning in the eye

2.redness

3.the sensation that there is something in your eye

4.severe headache

5.blurry vision

6.severe itching 

*Homoeopathic management*

*Aconite*

Red, inflamed (acute conjunctivitis). Feels dry and hot, as if sand in them. Lids swollen, hard and red. Aversion to light (photophobia). Profuse watering after exposure to dry, cold winds.

*Argentum nitricum*

Spots before the eye. Blurred vision. Photophobia in a warm room. Purulent ophthalmia. Great swelling of.conjunctiva; discharge abundant and purulent. Chronic ulceration on margin of lids; sore, thick, swollen. Unable to keep eyes steadily fixed.

*Belladonna*

Throbbing deep in the eyes on lying down. Pupils dilated. Eyes feel swollen and protruding, staring, brilliant, conjunctiva red; dry, burns; photophobia; shooting pain in the eyes. Exophthalmos. Ocular illusions; fiery appearance. Diplopia.

*Benzolum*

Illusions of vision with wide open eyes. Twitching of lids. Photophobia, objects blurred. Aching in eyes and lids. Marked dilation of pupils.

Failure to react to light, particularly daylight.

*Conium mac*

Photophobia and excessive lachrymmation. Corneal pustules. Dim sighted; worse, artificial light. On closing the eyes, he sweats. Paralysis of ocular muscles. In superficial inflammations, as in phlyctenular conjunctivitis and keratitis. The slightest ulceration or abrasion will cause the intensest photophobia.

*Mercurius corrosivus*

Pain behind the eyeballs, as if forced out. Phlyctenulae; deep ulcers on the comea. Excessive photophobia and acrid lachrymation. Iritis, ordinary or syphilitic. Pain severe at night; burning, shooting, tearing. Little tendency to pus formation. Iris muddy in color, thick, neither contracts nor dilates. 

*Nux vomica*

Photophobia; worse in the morning. Smarting dry sensation in the mercanthi. Infra-orbital neuralgia, with watering of eyes. Optic nerve atrophy from the habitual use of intoxicants. Paresis of ocular muscles, worse, tobacco and stimulants. Orbital twitching radiating towards the occiput.

*Sulphur*

Burning ulceration on the margin of lids. Halo around lamp light. Heat and burning in eyes. Black motes before eyes. First stage of corneal ulceration. Chronic ophthalmia with severe burning and itching. Parenchymatous keratitis. Cornea like ground glass.

By-Arushi Agarwal

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