Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Department of Ophthalmology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2023 Jul;31(5):1085-1088. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2022.2070505. Epub 2022 May 6.
To study the efficacy of 100% medical grade Manuka honey ointment in persistent corneal epithelial defects (CEDs).
Case series.
Case 1 was a 25-year-old female patient who presented to the cornea clinic with a persistent CED (3.5 mm), following acanthamoeba keratitis, that had failed to respond to heavy, frequent lubrication drops and ointment. Two weeks later, after starting honey ointment (4 times per day), the CED healed totally. was a 48-year diabatic, single-eyed female patient who presented with a persistent CED (1.5 × 1.5 mm) that had failed to respond to heavy, frequent lubrication drops and ointment. The CED healed three weeks after starting honey ointment (4 times per day).
honey ointment can be a potential treatment for persistent epithelial defect.
研究 100%医用级麦卢卡蜂蜜软膏在持续性角膜上皮缺损（CED）中的疗效。
病例系列。
病例 1 为一名 25 岁女性患者，因棘阿米巴角膜炎导致持续性 CED（3.5mm），经频繁使用强效滴眼剂和眼膏治疗后仍未愈合。两周后，开始使用蜂蜜软膏（每日 4 次）后，完全愈合。病例 2 为一名 48 岁糖尿病单眼女性患者，持续性 CED（1.5×1.5mm），经频繁使用强效滴眼剂和眼膏治疗后仍未愈合。开始使用蜂蜜软膏（每日 4 次）后 3 周，CED 愈合。
蜂蜜软膏可能是治疗持续性上皮缺损的一种潜在方法。
