scleritis

Also known as Scleritis (disorder), Scleritis, unspecified, Unspecified scleritis (disorder)

Scleritis is a serious inflammatory disease that affects the white outer coating of the eye, known as the sclera. The disease is often contracted through association with other diseases of the body, such as granulomatosis with polyangiitis or rheumatoid arthritis. There are three types of scleritis: diffuse scleritis (the most common), nodular scleritis, and necrotizing scleritis (the most severe). Scleritis may be the first symptom of onset of connective tissue disease.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Scleritis
Medical condition (new).image: Scleritis.png
Medical condition (new).alt: In this picture, the eyeball shows a large red inflamed spot on its sclera, a symptom of scleritis, just left of the iris.
Medical condition (new).caption: Inflammation of entire thickness of the sclera
Medical condition (new).field: Ophthalmology, Optometry
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Eye redness, pain, photophobia, tearing, decrease in visual acuity
Medical condition (new).onset: 30 - 60 years of age
Medical condition (new).risks: Female gender
Medical condition (new).differential: Episcleritis
Medical condition (new).treatment: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Surgery (rarely needed)
Medical condition (new).frequency: Uncommon

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Research

2,901 papers

Necrotizing Scleritis: A Review.Ocular immunology and inflammation · 2024
[Diagnosis and treatment of episcleritis and scleritis].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2016
[Scleritis and episcleritis].La Revue de medecine interne · 2023
Scleritis.Survey of ophthalmology · 2005
Syphilitic scleritis and episcleritis: A review.Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024

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