Talk:Corneal ulcer
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[edit] Human or Animal Medical Condition?
Is this page about a condition that afflicts humans or dogs? It mentions humas briefly at the beginning, but the rest of the article seems to be vetinary in nature. --Corinthian 00:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- Corneal ulcers affect humans, dogs, and other animals. A veterinarian was largely responsible for the creation of this article. -AED 00:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and added a disambiguation to the start of the article, pointing toward corneal abrasion, which discusses corneal ulcers in humans. --Joelmills 03:02, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- Abrasions and ulcers are two different things. Both can affect humans and non-human species. -AED 04:02, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
They both involve loss of the epithelium, but I guess the definition of corneal ulcers also includes deeper loss of corneal tissue. As far as I know, most of the veterinary community uses the term corneal ulcer when referring to any loss of corneal epithelium. How is a corneal ulcer different than a corneal abrasion in human ophthalmology terminology? Either way it works out, with the significant differences in causes and treatment, I think it is convenient to keep the articles separate. --Joelmills 00:14, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
- Abrasion implies physical or mechanical disruption of the epithelium, whereas ulcer implies an inflammatory cause. I would suggest expanding both articles to reflect that each occurs in human and veterinary medicine. AED 00:26, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
Sounds good. --Joelmills 01:02, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Refractory corneal ulcers
This is not a synonym for recurrent corneal abrasion or erosion, which is what the author (capably) describes. Because infectious corneal ulcers have a different etiology and are so treated from corneal erosions, this material should be moved out of the ulcer topic.Bticho 18:43, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
