Posterior Uveitis Treatment
Steroids administered intravenously are often used as a treatment for posterior uveitis.
Posterior uveitis treatment. Surgery to remove some of the vitreous in your eye is rarely used to diagnose or manage the condition. Surgical or other procedures vitrectomy. In posterior uveitis the. In intermediate uveitis eye drops may well be able to reach the area of inflammation and sometimes injections.
Since uveitis can be idiopathic or associated with many serious disease entities the proper treatment approach is very nuanced has to be tailored to the patient and may continue for years. Uveitis related complications also warrant specific therapeutic approaches. However long term use of systemic corticosteroids carries with it the risk of increased pressure in the eye glaucoma and cataracts so the patient must be followed closely. Treatment strategies for uveitis will depend on the anatomic location of inflammation i e anterior vs intermediate vs posterior vs panuveitis clinical disease severity disease duration and likely etiology.
Treatment for posterior uveitis may include steroids taken by mouth injections around the eye and visits to additional specialists to treat the infection or autoimmune disease.