Is ocular herpes related to anabolic steroids?

It can be: Ocular herpes is usually a latent virus, but studies say at least 20% of the population may develop symptoms of it at some point. It typically starts with a flu like illness that lasts about a week before a rash develops. Steroids weaken the immune system and could cause ocular herpes, but once you have a herpes episode not steroid-induced steroid eye drops are sometimes used in managing symptoms.

See below: Steroids can worsen an outbreak of ocular herpes. Chronic steroid use can lower your immune system and make you more likely to have a recurrence of your disease (since the disease never goes away, it lays dormant in your nerves forever).