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Iritis

Iritis is a form of anterior uveitis and refers to the inflammation of the iris of the eye. more...

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Signs and symptoms

Ocular and periorbital pain
Photophobia
Blurred or cloudy vision
White blood cells (leukocytes) in the anterior chamber (resulting in a grey or near-white appearing pupil)
Flare
Synechia or adhesion of iris to lens or cornea

Causes

People with ankylosing spondylitis and other HLA-B27 related disorders are prone to iritis and other forms of anterior uveitis. Iritis is also found in those with rheumatoid arthritis, Behcet's disease, Crohn's disease, lupus, Reiter's disease, chronic psoriasis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, and ulcerative colitis.

Complications

Cataract, glaucoma, corneal calcification, posterior uveitis, blindness

Treatment

Steroid anti-inflamatory eye drops (such as prednisolone acetate)
Dilating eye drops (to help prevent synechia and reduce photophobia)
Pressure-reducing eye drops (such as brimonidine tartrate)
Oral steroids (such as prednisone)
Subconjunctival steroid injections
Steroid-sparing agents such as methotrexate (for prologned, chronic iritis)

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	Joyce's Iritis and the Irritated Text: The Dis-Lexic Ulysses (The Florida James Joyce) $12.99	Three memoirs on iridectomy: In certain forms of iritis, choroiditis, and glaucoma

	On the treatment of iritis without mercury	Hypopion iritis, associated with epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis

	Symptoms of iritis: Delivered as part of a symposium on iritis, at the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia	Remarks on the treatment of strumous iritis: A probationary essay

	A dissertation on iritis: Submitted to the public examination of the trustees and professors of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the University ... of Doctor of Medicine, April 6th, 1830	The treatment of iritis: Read before the Wills Hospital Ophthalmic Society


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