went to see my eye doctor and he gave me hematropine and prednisone.
he said my eye was inflamed. there was no discomfort, no light
sensitivity, no discharge, just redness. redness went away after i was
on eye drops. after I took off hematropine and tapered prednisone as
doctor instructed, the redness came back again. this unilateral red
eye always happen to my right eye, and recurs about once a year. what
are some of possible underlying causes of red eye that only happens
unliterally? thanks
joe
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> went to see my eye doctor and he gave me hematropine and prednisone.
> he said my eye was inflamed. there was no discomfort, no light
> sensitivity, no discharge, just redness. redness went away after i was
> on eye drops. after I took off hematropine and tapered prednisone as
> doctor instructed, the redness came back again. this unilateral red
> eye always happen to my right eye, and recurs about once a year. what
> are some of possible underlying causes of red eye that only happens
> unliterally? thanks
> joe
The use of BOTH a topical corticosteroid – prednisone, and a long
acting cycloplegic agent – homatropine, really suggests only one
thing, and that is an anterior uveitis. The fact that it came back
again is not uncommon, and indicates that the initial treatment was
perhaps not aggressive enough. Some cases can be quite stubborn.
Typically, there is some pain or light sensitivity involved. There is
some evidence to suggest that a seasonal allergy can trigger this
response in certain individuals.
Anterior uveitis is typically not self-limiting, and complications can
occur if untreated or undertreated. I typically begin with a two-week
course of treatment, followed by another 10 day or two week treatment
if necessary, and so on. Do stay on top of it.
DrG
http://www.leukoma.com
Previous post is correct. Sounds like iritis and/or uveitis. Two
points:
an ophthalmologist can request blood tests to determine the cause.
this is generally an autoimmune type reaction. Second: At a recent
seminar, the lecturer ( an optometrist) said that one of the best kept
secrets is that after therapy has been completed with the drops, take
one Aleve/day for a week as an anti-inflammatory.
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> j…@hotmail.com (joe) wrote in message <news:3dfcbfc8.7008918@news-server.houston.rr.com>…
> > went to see my eye doctor and he gave me hematropine and prednisone.
> > he said my eye was inflamed. there was no discomfort, no light
> > sensitivity, no discharge, just redness. redness went away after i was
> > on eye drops. after I took off hematropine and tapered prednisone as
> > doctor instructed, the redness came back again. this unilateral red
> > eye always happen to my right eye, and recurs about once a year. what
> > are some of possible underlying causes of red eye that only happens
> > unliterally? thanks
> > joe
> The use of BOTH a topical corticosteroid – prednisone, and a long
> acting cycloplegic agent – homatropine, really suggests only one
> thing, and that is an anterior uveitis. The fact that it came back
> again is not uncommon, and indicates that the initial treatment was
> perhaps not aggressive enough. Some cases can be quite stubborn.
> Typically, there is some pain or light sensitivity involved. There is
> some evidence to suggest that a seasonal allergy can trigger this
> response in certain individuals.
> Anterior uveitis is typically not self-limiting, and complications can
> occur if untreated or undertreated. I typically begin with a two-week
> course of treatment, followed by another 10 day or two week treatment
> if necessary, and so on. Do stay on top of it.
> DrG
> http://www.leukoma.com