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Scleritis and steroid responder

2018-06-01 20:15:01
My eye was becoming red since long and doctor diagnosed it as scleritis.i am a steroid responder so cannot take steroids for long only fml that to symptomatically.please tell me will i be able to manage this with only nsaids and fml (when required).
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Hello You may use immunosuppressive like methotrexate for long term under guidance of your ophthalmologist

Answered2018-06-02 02:32:05

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