Recurrent corneal ulcerations associated with smokeable methamphetamine abuse.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We studied a case of chronic, recurrent, bilateral, corneal ulcerations associated with smokeable methamphetamine abuse, commonly known as "ice," in an otherwise healthy 31-year-old woman. Every few months the patient had recurrent corneal ulcerations. Each time, she was hospitalized and treated successfully with topical antibiotics. Even though she had undergone numerous formal attempts at drug rehabilitation, she continued to have relapses, and ulceration recurred only during periods of smokeable methamphetamine abuse. Illicit use of smokeable methamphetamine may result in corneal ulceration.
Medical subject headings
- Corneal Ulcer
- Eye Infections, Bacterial
- Methamphetamine
- Smoking
- Streptococcal Infections
- Substance-Related Disorders