Features

Demystifies an often confusing subject, and provides a framework by which the whole field can be understood
Helps the non-specialist to diagnose and differentiate between different forms of inflammatory eye disease
Explains the tests one should order in various circumstances, why they should be ordered and how to interpret the results
Discusses advanced immunosuppression in the form of biologics; what they are and when they are used
Summary

This accessible, jargon-free guide to uveitis for non-specialists explains in practical, easy-to-understand language how to diagnose and manage inflammatory eye disease. Describing in simple terms how to differentiate between the various inflammatory eye diseases, which investigations to choose, how to interpret the results and how best to manage immunosuppression in these patients, this book makes this fascinating subject accessible to the non-uveitis specialist for the first time.

Table of Contents

Intro. Classification of Uveitis. Differentiating between different diagnoses- clinical and ancillary testing. Anterior Uveitis. Intermediate Uveitis. Posterior Uveitis. Panuveitis. Scleritis and episcleritis. Immunosuppression- medications, how to use and monitor them. Advanced therapies and future treatments. The moral ophthalmologist. Index