
What is pinguecula and pterygium?
How do doctors treat pinguecula or pterygium?
For pinguecula:
For a pterygium:
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Most of these growths don’t cause any symptoms
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Sometimes, the growth can irritate your eye and cause problems with your vision if it covers a lot of your cornea
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Doctors may give you artificial tears or corticosteroid eye drops or ointment
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If a pterygium gets big enough to bother you or becomes inflamed again and again, doctors may do surgery to remove it