Ефективність лікування бактеріальних кератитів у хворих із цукровим діабетом залежно від тяжкості діабетичної полінейропатії

Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify the features of bacterial keratitis in patients with diabetes mellitus, depending on the severity of diabetic polyneuropathy in complex treatment with eye drops which contain alpha-lipoic acid, citicoline, cyanocobalamine and hyaluronic acid. Materials and methods. 15 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and bacterial keratitis were observed. Ophthalmological examination except of standard methods, included bacteriological examination, fluorescein test, noncontact corneal esthesiometry. All patients were treated with instillations of the antibiotic ofloxacin, standard anti-inflammatory therapy, and instillations of eye drops Tioretin A and OMK 2 twice a day locally. Observations were made on the first, third, seventh, tenth, fourteenth, eighteenth and twenty-second days. Results and discussion. In all periods of observation, the severity of conjunctival hyperemia and corneal edema, as well as the size of corneal erosion at the stage of severe complications diabetic polyneuropathy exceeded the corresponding rates of patients with asymptomatic and symptomatic degree. Normalization of conjunctiva color, reepithelialization of the cornea and disappearance of corneal opacification in all patients with severe complications diabetic polyneuropathy occurred 4 days later than in patients with asymptomatic and symptomatic degree. Conclusions. The course of bacterial keratitis depends on the severity of diabetic polyneuropathy: more pronounced violation of corneal innervation is marked at the stage of severe complications diabetic polyneuropathy, which manifested by decrease in its sensitivity, and led to the prolongation of the disease.