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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: Ocul Surf. 2020 Jul 22;18(4):641–650. doi: 10.1016/j.jtos.2020.07.006

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of post-herpetic neuropathic corneal pain patients.

No Age Gender (female/male) Ethnicity Lateralization (right/left) Insult Time between insult and pain onset (weeks) Duration of pain (weeks) Ocular Surgery Accompanying Ocular Disease Accompanying Systemic Disease Proparacaine Challenge Test (% relief) Topical Treatment
1 65 M Caucasian L Herpes zoster 23 20 NA NA NA NA PFAT, 0.5% loteprednol etabonate
2 56 F Caucasian L Herpes Zoster 40 6 NA NA Depression Anxiety and Crohn’s Disease NA AST, PFAT, 0.5% loteprednol etabonate
3 88 M Caucasian R Herpes Zoster 63 NA Cataract Extraction NA Osteoarthritis Hyperlipidemia Hypertension Gastroesophageal Reflux NA AST, 1% prednisolone acetate
4 66 M Caucasian L Herpes Zoster 2 158 Cataract Extraction and Pars Plana Vitrectomy, Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Implantation DED Glaucoma (steroid responder) NA 95.0% AST, PFAT, 0.5% loteprednol etabonate
5 62 F Hispanic R Herpes Simplex NA 380 Penetrating Keratoplasty, Ahmed Glaucoma Valve Glaucoma (steroid responder) Hyperlipidemia 22.2% 0.5% loteprednol etabonate
6 69 F Caucasian L Herpes Simplex 96 416 Cataract Extraction DED
LSCD
Scleroderma Sjögren’s Syndrome Hyperlipidemia NA PFAT
7 89 M Caucasian L Herpes Zoster 46 52 Cataract Extraction NA Hyperlipidemia Hypertension Chronic renal failure 0% AST, 0.5% loteprednol etabonate

AST: Autologous serum tears, DED: Dry eye disease, LSCD: Limbal stem cell deficiency, NA: Not applicable, PFAT: Preservative free artificial tears.