Educational site devoted to ocular immunology and inflammation, uveitis, iritis, cataract, glaucoma, surgery, cornea, sclera, and conjunctiva diseases.

Uveitis, Anterior, Nongranulomatous - Iritis, or anterior uveitis, is the most common form of ocular inflammation encountered. It is a common cause of a painful red eye. Inflammation of the iris may appropriately be termed iritis, while inflammation of the iris and ciliary body is called iridocyclitis. Iritis may be subdivided into 2 broad categories, granulomatous and nongranulomatous.This ...

Iritis or Uveitis is an autoimmune disease. Symptoms include inflammation of the iris causing extreme eye pain and light sensitivity.

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IRITIS, a form of Anterior Uveitis is a term for an inflammatory disorder of the colored part of the eye (iris). In the majority of cases there is no specific cause. Occasionally, iritis is just one symptom of a disease that affects other organ systems: arthritis and spinal degenerative disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, and other collagen vascular diseases, bowel ...

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers Volume 30 (3) * March 1999 * Clinical Science (abstract) Evaluation of Cataract Surgery in Intermediate Uveitis Rajesk Fogla, DNB, FRCS; Jyotirmay Biswas, MS; Sudha K. Ganesh, DNB; K. Ravishankar, DNB, FRCS BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The authors analyzed the results of cataract surgery performed on patients with intermediate uveitis from January 1990 through January ...