IN THE NAME OF ALLAH WHO IS MOST MERCIFUL AND GRACIOUS
SYMPTOMS
PAIN (TEARS)
REDNESS
SWELLING
LOSS OF FUNCTION
SIGNS
TENDERNESS (LACRIMATION)
CONGESTION
EDEMA
VISUAL LOSS
GLAUCOMA
UVEITIS
KERATITIS
CONJUNCTIVITIS
CBC
ESR
X-RAY CHEST
RA->RA FACTOR
TB->MOUNTEX TEST
SYPHILIS-> VDRL, FTA ABS
SARCOIDOSIS-> SERUM ACE
GOUT -> SERUM ACE
FOR EXAMPLE RHEUMATOID ARTHERITIS
PAIN KILLERS
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS
NON-STEROID
TOPICAL
NEPAFENAC EYE DROPS
ORAL
IBUPROFEN TABLETS
STEROIDS
TOPICAL
MILD STEROIDS LIKE FLOUROMETHALONE EYE DROPS
POTENT STEROIDS LIKE PREDNISOLONE EYE DROPS
ORAL
TABLET PREDNISONE
FOR EXAMPLE UVEITS
GLAUCOMA
UVIETIS
KERATITIS
CATARACT
LESS PAIN
LESS REDNESS
LESS SWELLING
NO VISUAL LOSS
NO COMPLICATIONS
MORE PAIN
MORE REDNESS
MORE SWELLING
MORE VISUAL LOSS
COMPLICATIONS INCLUDE UVEITIS, KERATITIS, GLAUCOMA, SCLERAL THINNING MAY LEAD TO PERFORATION
Simple or diffuse
Nodular
I. Anterior scleritis
• Nodular
• Diffuse
• Necrotizing
– With inflammation
– Without inflammation
II. Posterior scleritis