uveítis

Key facts

Medical condition.causes

Behçet disease, Crohn's disease, Fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, HLA-B27 related uveitis, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Sarcoidosis, Spondyloarthritis, Sympathetic ophthalmia, Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome, brucellosis, herpesviruses, leptospirosis, Lyme disease, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, syphilis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmic chorioretinitis, tuberculosis, Zika fever

Medical condition.name

Uveitis

Medical condition.image

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Medical condition.image_size

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Medical condition.caption

Inflammation of the eye and keratic precipitates due to uveitis

Medical condition.field

Ophthalmology, optometry

Medical condition.symptoms

Eye pain, eye redness, photophobia, increased floaters, blurred vision, loss of vision, or asymptomatic (particularly in children)

Medical condition.complications

Cataract, Glaucoma, Uveitic Macular edema, Band Keratopathy

Medical condition.onset

Acute (hours to days, often with pain and redness) or Insidious (gradual, weeks to months, with floaters or blurring)

Medical condition.duration

Acute (< 3 months), Chronic (≥ 3 months), Recurrent (repeated episodes separated by periods of inactivity of ≥ 3 months)

Medical condition.types

Anterior uveitis, Intermediate uveitis, Posterior uveitis or Panuveitis

via Wikipedia infobox

• Pediatric uveitis: A comprehensive review.Survey of ophthalmology · 2022
• Uveitis for the non-ophthalmologist.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021
• A Focus on the Epidemiology of Uveitis.Ocular immunology and inflammation · 2018
• Anterior uveitis.Journal francais d'ophtalmologie · 2018
• Pharmacologically induced uveitis.Survey of ophthalmology · 2021

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Wikidata facts

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