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Treatment of dendritic ulcer

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Immediate referral to ophthalmologist.

The standard treatment is acyclovir 3% eye ointment, five times daily for at least three days after the ulcer has healed.

Treatment should be started immediately and continued in a specialist centre.

Steroids are contraindicated in suspected cases of herpes simplex keratitis.

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