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Chronic Eye Infection

This 71 year-old Guatemalan patient had a chronic infection of the eye for six months. She had failed both oral antibiotics and natural therapies but refused to travel to Guatemala City where she could be evaluated and receive appropriate therapy.

According to the patient the eye produced a large volume of mucus every day and she needed to wash it for several minutes in the morning in order to open it.

A closer examination of the eye revealed a layer of granulation tissue and debris completely covering the eyeball; the patient had lost sight several months previously.

Herpes Zoster (Shingles)

A 27 year old male presented with three days of pain, erythema, and vesicles on the back of his right hand. He has no other medical history. A physical exam revealed the above lesions in addition to two small vesicles on the dorsal aspect of the arm in the same dermatome.