How Do I Choose the Best Uveitis Treatment?

Uveitis is a very common blinding eye disease. The types of drug treatment can be divided into: simple western medicine type, western medicine type, pure traditional Chinese medicine type, traditional Chinese medicine type, and integrated Chinese and western medicine type. It can be chosen according to the specific condition of the patient and the experience of the doctor. Each treatment type has its own characteristics and specificity.

Treatment of uveitis

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Uveitis is a very common blinding eye disease. The types of drug treatment can be divided into: simple western medicine type, western medicine type, pure traditional Chinese medicine type, traditional Chinese medicine type, and integrated Chinese and western medicine type. It can be chosen according to the specific condition of the patient and the experience of the doctor. Each treatment type has its own characteristics and specificity.

Chinese name

Treatment of uveitis

Type of medication

Western medicine type, western medicine type

Specific commonly used drugs

Eye drops

Classification

Infectious and non-infectious

Mainly due to the attack of external evils, or there are internal ^[1]

Drug treatment types can be divided into: simple western medicine type, western medicine type, pure traditional Chinese medicine type, traditional Chinese medicine type, and integrated Chinese and western medicine treatment type. It can be chosen according to the specific condition of the patient and the experience of the doctor. Each treatment type has its own characteristics and specificity.

Eye drops treatment

Including pupil eye drops, hormone eye drops, non-steroid drug eye drops, other drug eye drops. This method is a basic method for treating uveitis. The number of eye drops in the acute phase should be more frequent, and then can be gradually reduced according to the change of the condition under the guidance of a doctor.

Systemic hormone therapy, mainly oral

For systemic hormonal therapy, oral administration is one of the common methods of uveitis. However, for specific cases, it should be comprehensively judged whether to use hormones. It cannot be considered that every uveitis may be treated with hormones throughout the body.

Immunosuppressive therapy

For recurrent and difficult non-infective uveitis is also an effective method of choice. Especially for those who are poorly controlled with other drugs, they should be considered.

Other drugs

Such as antibiotics and biological agents.

At present, the drugs commonly used to treat uveitis include: glucocorticoids (such as prednisone, dexamethasone, etc.), atropine, epinephrine, cyclophosphamide, chlorambucil, methotrexate, azathioprine, Cyclosporine and so on.

Uveitis has no specific curative drugs and methods. Some commonly used drugs have various toxic and side effects, which can cause a variety of systemic multi-system complications and ocular complications: such as drug-induced glaucoma, hypertension, diabetes, gastrointestinal ulcer perforation and bleeding, fractures, femoral head without Bacterial necrosis, hemorrhagic cystitis, secondary tumors, leukemia, infertility, pulmonary fibrosis, impaired liver function, impaired renal function, hair loss, skin damage, mental illness, and other unexpected conditions can be life-threatening in severe cases. However, we should not trust the so-called "ancestral secret formula, no side effects, cure" and other advertising languages.

Uveitis is a very common blinding eye disease. According to statistics from western countries, about 10% of blindness is caused by uveitis. ^[2] It accounts for 3 to 7 of blinding diseases. Occurs in young adults, and many blindness is incurable, so it occupies an important position in blinding eye disease; uveitis is a very difficult eye disease in treatment, and it is closely related to many systemic autoimmune diseases It is difficult for patients to find out, and the doctor's treatment is complicated. Therefore, patients with certain physical diseases should always pay attention to changes in their eyes, and the majority of ophthalmologists should use hormones with caution.

There are three layers of tissue in the human eyeball wall, the outermost layer is the sclera (white eyes), the innermost layer is the retina, and the layer sandwiched between the sclera and the retina is the "uveal membrane". When viewed from the outside, the grapes appear to be peeled, so they are called "uveal membranes". When the grape membranes become inflamed, they are called "uveitis". Uveitis is more common in young adults and there are many types, including nearly 20 types of keratitis, iritis, retinitis, intermediate uveitis, and panuveitis, with more than 100 systemic diseases associated with it Species.