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Also known as uveaitis, Uveitis, uvea inflammation

Uveitis () is inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer of the eye between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea. The uvea consists of the middle layer of pigmented vascular structures of the eye and includes the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. Uveitis is described anatomically, by the part of the eye affected, as anterior, intermediate or posterior, or panuveitic if all parts are involved. Anterior uveitis (iridocyclitis) is the most common, with the incidence of uveitis overall affecting approximately 1:4500, most commonly those between the ages

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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
Keratic_precipitate2.jpg
Medical condition.image_size
200px
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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
symptom or sign
Subclass of
disease
Image
Anterior-uveitis.jpg
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NCI Thesaurus ID
C26909
Commons category
Uveitis
ICPC 2 ID
F73
drug or therapy used for treatment
infliximab
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Medicine
health specialty
ophthalmology
symptoms and signs
inflammation
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