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It's my son, Gordon, 12 yrs. that has uveitis (iritis). He was diagnosed at 6 yrs. of age. We live in the Baltimore area, so fortunately a lot of our Drs. have had training at the Hopkins Wilhmer Eye Inst. Our current opthamologist works with a pediatric rheumatologist to treat my son. We're going to see him today actually since my son's eyes, esp. the right one is the worst that its ever been. He's on prednison eye drops, 1 every hour to both eyes, 40 mg of prednisone pills, and dialator drops twice a day. Yesterday was a real blow, in iris attached to to the lens (not sure if that's completely accurate - still educating myself). They put some dialator on a cotton ball and placed it over the area for about 5 minutes to try and losen it up - it worked some. So we go today to talk w/ the rheumatologist about some kind of maintenance plan. My son does suffer with occasional joint pain, not currently though. He's very active so that helps some. He also has Hashimoto's hypothyroid and is taking the lowest dose of synthroid. He's positive for the HLA B27 factor, and I believe some others that I do not recall. We went through flare ups from the age of six until 9 yrs. of age, some maintenance program with MTX and salfalcine (sp??), and then we had no issues for two and a half years. And now here we go again, things flared up last spring, settled down after three months, and here it is again (started up again about two weeks ago). So I'm visit the rheumatologist Dr. today, and I'll get back with you all to see what he decides after our visit. Thanks for listening!Melissa (Gordon's Mom)