Ophthalmology

Anterior uveitis is a set of conditions defined by intraocular inflammation and is believed to be the cause of up to 10% of legal blindness in the United States, or approximately 30,000 new cases of blindness per year. Anterior uveitis is an intraocular inflammation of the uveal structures. The uvea is situated anterior to the middle of the vitreous cavity. It is also termed as "red-eye" along with other eye complications such as conjunctivitis, keratitis, and acute glaucoma. This disease is found to be associated with ocular injury as well as many systemic diseases, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Reiter's syndrome, sarcoidosis, herpes...