Minor Care Series: Uveitis

The presentation of uveitis is variable based on the location of the pathology.  Patients with more anterior symptoms will have a more impressive exam while patients with predominantly posterior symptoms may only present with vision loss. https://www.tamingthesru.com/blog/bread-butter-em/uveitis

 Why do people suddenly go blind?

Most uveitis is unexplained. We are good at describing it, reasonable at classifying it, moderate at treating it and, as yet, terrible at understanding it. In our research we probably get closest to what is going on through taking precious fluid samples from the front of the inflamed eye.

A Case of Uveitis

Anterior uveitis can be acute or chronic, and the acute form is the most common form of uveitis. Posterior uveitis, affecting the retina and choroid, and intermediate uveitis, affecting the vitreous body, are less common.2 Uveitis can be classified by location, clinical course or side affected.

Ebola Hides In The Eyes Of A Man Who Was Considered Cured

Ebola virus has once again figured out how to surprise and confound humans. It attacked the eyes of a doctor weeks after he had been deemed cured and virus-free. The doctor, 43-year-old Ian Crozier, had contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone and was flown back to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta last September, desperately ill. Weeks of intensive treatment saved Crozier's life. But soon after leaving the hospital, he started to have problems with his eyes. There were a burning sensation, a feeling that there was something stuck in his eye and sensitivity to light.

How to diagnose and manage uveitis

Uveitis can be a difficult diagnosis to understand at first given the multitude of different etiologies which can cause it. Don’t worry though; this pathology framework will provide the absolute essentials necessary to work through most uveitis cases in clinic. https://eyeguru.org/essentials/uveitis/

I Went Blind. I Still Owned Manhattan

After a lifetime of poor vision, a woman learned to navigate the blur of New York City by memory and mental tricks. Then things got worse. And then, miraculously, better.

Infectious uveitis: An enigma

Infectious uveitis accounts for majority of the cases of uveitis in developing countries. It also encompasses an array of various microorganisms and their clinical presentations. Some of these infectious uveitic entities are familiar, while others are newly emerging in the global ophthalmic world.

My Experience with Uveitis: by Darren

As a ûknow it all” fifteen-year-old boy, I did not want to visit the doctor. However, as a student very interested in biology, I realized that eye problems, as with most health problems, could become more complicated if not treated early in development. Thus, my mother and I went to the ophthalmologist, concerned that I might have some sort of glaucoma or cataract. I was told that I had iritis. I remember thinking ûWhew, it was nothing major.”

New non-steroid treatment for uveitis

Often the exact cause of uveitis is hard to determine. It may be caused by an infection or trauma to the eye. Or it may be associated with an autoimmune disease that affects the whole body, such as sarcoidosis or multiple sclerosis. Uveitis requires comprehensive medical care to prevent irreversible vision loss.

Nicki's Story

Do not assume that the Specialist to whom you’ve been referred actually specialises in Uveitis, rather than having a passing interest and do not assume that you will automatically receive appropriate care.

Olivia's Story

I have never liked having Uveitis. It can be frustrating because I never know if my eyes are flaring (and they do -ALOT!) until my sight starts worsening. It’s also annoying when my Mum sits and talks to Will like forever at my monthly appointments! I really hope that with all of your help, one day we can find a cure.

Photographer Who Lost His Sight Snaps Stunning Photos Of Paralympians

“I think photography gives me the opportunity to tell people I am visually impaired, that I exist, that I am here. I am registering what I see, in my way: out of focus [and] blurry. But, the way I see it, photography gives shape to my view.”

The Eyes Have It: A Rheumatologist’s View of Uveitis

Uveitis, also known as intraocular inflammation, is a prototypical illness that begs for collaboration. Uveitis is often best assessed and optimally treated by an inter-disciplinary team. In this review, we seek to prepare rheumatologists with information that can facilitate the success of this collaborative effort.

The Riddle of Uveitis

It is traditional to subdivide uveitis into anterior uveitis (or iridocyclitis) and posterior uveitis (or choroiditis), but it is only convenient to retain this concept if it can contribute a better understanding of the causes

Traumatic uveitis...

Traumatic uveitis patients tend to be young and male and present with unilateral disease, and tend to have better visual outcomes than patients in the nontraumatic uveitis cohort. In spite of relatively good visual outcomes, the traumatic uveitis patients still experienced a high burden of disease, measured both in number of clinic visits and duration of follow-up.

Treatments for Chronic Uveitis...

Uveitis responds to treatment, clears up without recurrence, and usually impacts the anterior part of the eye. Chronic uveitis more regularly affects the intermediate and posterior uvea, and it can be more resistant to treatment. (Learn More) Chronic uveitis can have a multitude of causes, such as infection or systemic inflammatory disease.

Uveitis

Excellent review...

Uveitis a complex disease, but treatable in most cases

Uveitis describes inflammation that exists in the uveal tract, but the disease course has such a variety of manifestations, iterations and presentations that no simple one-size-fits-all depiction may be appropriate.

Uveitis is rare, but is one of the leading causes of blindness in U.S.

The 30 forms of uveitis can have different origins, but most cases are due to autoimmune or autoinflammatory responses.

Uveitis treatment comes into the modern age

In years past, the spectrum of available treatment for uveitis was topical steroids, more frequent topical steroids, subconjunctival steroids and systemic (you guessed it) steroids.

Uveitis: A search for a cause

Rarely has a field of medicine been more challenging than the field of intraocular inflammation. The study of uveitic entities presents great challenges to the treating ophthalmologists because the list of differential diagnosis ever grows to encompass a range of diseases from infectious to immunological to malignant.

Uveitis: Know the Risk Factors, Symptoms & Treatment Options

The effects of uveitis are life changing, causing vision damage and even blindness. However, early detection and effective treatment can halt inflammation and protect patients from permanent eye damage and vision loss.

Why uveitis is a leading and underestimated cause of visual morbidity in patients

“Uveitis appears to increase with increasing age in most studies,” she said. “Visual morbidity is significant in patients with uveitis but may be underreported because uveitis is often not listed as a cause of visual loss in global assessments of blindness.”