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Got it! I just posted it there. thanks so much.

Long story short, my son, 11 was just diagnosed with iritis, we went to Adkumen (St. Louis) as he was listed on the iritis suggested Dr. list. He took a look and said the iritis was the secondary problem to the main issue that was his cornea. He had inflammation in the blood vessels, cornea and iris...

I am going to find out on monday if has any granulomas, thanks for the info. I know that it was something in there but both my husband and I do not think he used the word granuloma. I know he had a white milky haze on the bottom of his cornea that appeared after steroid use the first time. Please en...

He has had years of knee pains orthO always says it is growing pains he has had MRI of legs hips nothing found at age 5 they did blood work they said he had no inflammation not sure all they ran. They always said no swelling no redraw no problem as we watched our son cry in his sleep even. I don't k...

No one has anything, Max has a bleeding disorder, Von Willebrands Type 1. I thought this was nuts, the doctor was very concerned and felt that we would definately get answers from the rheumatologist. When Max had the outbreak first off he had a humongous sore in his mouth that was really bothering h...

No one has anything, Max has a bleeding disorder, Von Willebrands Type 1. I thought this was nuts, the doctor was very concerned and felt that we would definately get answers from the rheumatologist. When Max had the outbreak first off he had a humongous sore in his mouth that was really bothering h...

So we had our appt today. Dr Adkumen said the iritis was a secondary problem that the cornea had inflammation and other issues he had a cornea specialist see him today. The cornea specialist said that his iris was inflamed along with the blood vessels in the eye and the cornea is indicative of an au...

Thanks for the information. I will let you know what we think and what he is diagnosed with when we get back. I do have to say that this has been a blessing to just gather information. Thanks for your time. Wish us luck!

I made an appointment with Dr. Levent Akduman as he was listed on the suggested doctors list for St. Louis. My son was diagnosed by an optometrist and I wanted to get it confirmed that he truly has iritis. I suspect he is correct as it was only gone for a mere 5 days after quitting the steroid and i...

My son is 11 years old and was diagnosed with a mild case of iritis by an optometrist, I really believed he was just having an allergy of some sort until the day we visited and he became light sensitive. He gave him steroid drops and told us to come back in a week, we did and he said now there was a...