Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Scleritis

- associated with RA, Wegener's granulomatosis, SLE, PAN, relapsing polychondritis
- redness of sclera and conjunctiva or dull purple area of inflammation, with severe deep boring pain, photophobia and loss of visual acuity
- scleritis may lead to perforation of eye (scleromalacia perforans)
- treatment: NSAIDs, steroids eye drops or if severe surgery is indicated

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1 comment:

  1. Unknown12 February 2013 at 09:41

    Very nice post, thanks for sharing the information. Keep up the good work.

    scleritis

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