Eye Conditions and Diseases

Give Your Eyes a Little Bit of Heaven!

Videos

★ Reviews

Oasis Dry Eye Products

Order Contacts

Appointment

Pay Bill

Eye Promise Vitamins

300 Association Drive Charleston, WV 25311

PHONE: (304) 342-5900

EMAIL US

Office Hours

Untitled 1

Hypopyon
Hypopyon is a medical condition involving inflammatory cells in the anterior chamber of the eye. It is an exudate rich in white blood cells, seen in the anterior chamber, usually accompanied by redness of the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera.

If we suspect an ocular condition or disease,
we will immediately schedule or perform
diagnostic tests to determined our next steps.

Hypopyon can be present in a corneal ulcer. Behçet's disease, endophthalmitis, panuveitis/panophthalmitis, and adverse reactions to some drugs (such as rifabutin).

Hypopyon is also known as sterile pus, as it occurs due to the release of toxins and not by the actual invasion of pathogens. The toxins secreted by the pathogens mediate the outpouring of leukocytes that settle in the anterior chamber of the eye.

A hypopyon should not be drained, because it offers protection against the invading pathogen due to the presence of white blood cells, although long-standing hypopyon can cause close-angle glaucoma[2] and anterior synechiae.[3] Intravitreal antibiotics can be used if endophthalmitis is suspected.

OFFICE HOURS

Mon

*8:15 - 5:30

Tue

*8:15 - 5:30

Wed

*8:15 - 5:30

Thu

*8:15 - 5:30

*Closed for lunch 1:00 - 1:45

Fri

Closed

Sat

Closed

Sun

Closed

300 Association Drive
Charleston, WV 25311
Map it!

(304) 342-5900

Greenbrier Vision Center, Inc. 300 Association Drive Charleston, WV 25311 Phone: (304) 342-5900 Fax: (304) 342-6257

Greenbrier Vision Center proudly serves Charleston, WV and the surrounding areas of Dunbar, Sissonville, Big Chimney, Chelyan, St. Albans, Scott Depot, Kenna, Branchland and Kanawha Falls.

Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities. As of October 16, 2016, regulations require most optometry practices to prominently display their non-discrimination policy at their physical location, on their website homepage, and on all significant communications and publications, all of which must include taglines, in the 15 most prevalent non-English languages in the state, stating the non-discrimination policy of the practice.

Nondiscrimination Statement