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Hii everyone, I have had anterior uveitis of the idiopathic kind in my right eye since January of this year. I have had four flares until June. I went to Boston to meet Dr. Foster in June. After my doctor discussed with him, I have been on Naproxen(NSAID) twice daily and pred-forte tapering. I have ...

Wow, thats some new information .. I often have had Gastro problems, but since I changed my diet after irits (vegan) .. things have been better.
All STDs test were negative.
Last I can remember, I had conjunctivits when I was 16 (i am 27 now).

Thanks for all the information

just want to add one more thing .. the pressure shoots up only during the flare ( it did not shoot up and was 12 during the third time). - i am not a steroid responder as my dr. says , because in the quiet eye, even without the glaucoma drops and just on steroids the pressure has been 10-14. - the h...

Dear Mike, Thanks for the reply. You posted some interesting facts. Just wanted to clarify on a few points. - Yes, I just have the HLAB27 gene and no other HLA related things. - The infectious disease dr. told me that I do NOT have TB. I have the antibodies which means, that I might have been expose...

had my third flare in the right eye since last december. i am tired of being frustrated, feared, dissillisioned by this puzzling disease which seems to not get cured. bear with me for the long post. the post or the replies to it might help others who are in a state like mine. ------------ after the ...

second iritis attack

Thanks for the reply Mike. You are right, I use the generic form and I shake it well before using. The part about putting the pressure near the corner of eyelids is something I don't do but I will certainly start doing it from today to avoid the terrible taste. For the dry eyes, the doctor said its ...

I feel really stupid and a bit scared writing this, I was putting my steroid drops like everyday, and since I have dry eyes I also put artificial tears after sometime ... Only my right eye has iritis. Today by mistake I put the steroid drops in my left eye (I don't know how .. I was thinking about s...

Dear Mike,

Thank you for the help.

Hii Mike, Thanks for your reply. Actually the pupil constricts and dilates appropriately but not as much as the second normal eye. The doctor checked with all those Herpes and all the other likely causes etc. tests .. nothing was found. If it helps I was really stressed with studies etc. when I got ...

Hii everyone, Thanks for creating this website which has been a lot of help. I had a concern regarding my right eye. I was diagnosed with iritis(frontal uveitis) in december. I had blurrines and mild pain for two days and when it did not go away, I went to the doctor who transferred me to an ocular ...