(1) Sympathetic ophthalmia is a bilateral panuveitis occurring after penetrating trauma or intraocular surgery.(2) It is said to be useful in intermittent fevers, ulcers, ophthalmia , pleurisy, etc.(3) The leaves of bael are useful in ophthalmia , deafness, inflammations, catarrh, diabetes and asthmatic complaints.(4) Men developed eye disorders and acute ophthalmia , and some went blind.(5) Sympathetic ophthalmia , in which chronic inflammation develops in the uninjured eye, is a potentially serious complication of any severe penetrating eye injury.