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Uveitis left eye.
One day in morning I saw my left eye red and have some little pain when I move eye. So when to optometrist here, they do my eye exam and then give me 2 eye drops 1 is cyclog 3 times day and 1 is prednisone 1% to use every hour . After 3 days I feel my pain getting worse and redness also getting too much. Doctor says inflammation is too much, you need more medication so he ask me to take every 30 minutes. What are the chances to cure this. It's been 1 week. Now what should I do? It's uveitis 3rd or 4th grade something. How long treatment stays long. Need guidance. Also Heard that it can also make permanent vision loss so I am scared.
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Hi there! Happy to help. Firstly it’s important to understand that uveitis is a tricky clinical spectrum to treat fully and requires strict adherence to medication and regular follow ups with your specialist. If the inflammation is increasing, consider adding mydricaine injections to bring down inflammation and seeking a rheumatologist opinion to rule out causative factors. Without treating the root cause, no matter how well you follow the treatment, flare ups and relapses are likely.
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Regular follow ups with your ophthalmologist and rule out systemic causes
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Treatment goes for quite a long time depending upon how your body responds and the prednisolone drops started cannot be stopped abruptly you need to taper it slowly depending on the severity of infection. Recurrent episodes can affect vision while a single episode with normal retina doesn't hamper the vision to the extent of vision loss. For a detailed evaluation take regular consultation from ophthalmologist and keep a check on eye pressure.
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Check intraocular pressure as well
Treatment depends on severity and can be quite extended
If your treating doctor feels that topical medication alone is not doing the trick other modes of medication may be tried
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ask about intraocular pressure
ask if signs are going down with topical therapy alone
make sure you attend all physical followups
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there is no harm in getting another opinion
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