Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation

A patient with putative corneal neuralgia was incidentally discovered to have hypovitaminosis D. Supplementation of vitamin D appears to have led to a resolution of the patient's pain, whereas other efforts to treat the patient were unsuccessful.

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Main Authors: Eric L. Singman, David Poon, Albert S. Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/354965
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spelling doaj-3ae7c460f17243a9b7d1a80a984883ee2020-11-24T23:37:14ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992013-09-014310510810.1159/000354965354965Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D SupplementationEric L. SingmanDavid PoonAlbert S. JunA patient with putative corneal neuralgia was incidentally discovered to have hypovitaminosis D. Supplementation of vitamin D appears to have led to a resolution of the patient's pain, whereas other efforts to treat the patient were unsuccessful.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/354965Vitamin DCorneal neuralgiaLASIK
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David Poon
Albert S. Jun
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Albert S. Jun
Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Vitamin D
Corneal neuralgia
LASIK
author_facet Eric L. Singman
David Poon
Albert S. Jun
author_sort Eric L. Singman
title Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
title_short Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
title_full Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
title_fullStr Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
title_full_unstemmed Putative Corneal Neuralgia Responding to Vitamin D Supplementation
title_sort putative corneal neuralgia responding to vitamin d supplementation
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Ophthalmology
issn 1663-2699
publishDate 2013-09-01
description A patient with putative corneal neuralgia was incidentally discovered to have hypovitaminosis D. Supplementation of vitamin D appears to have led to a resolution of the patient's pain, whereas other efforts to treat the patient were unsuccessful.
topic Vitamin D
Corneal neuralgia
LASIK
url http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/354965
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