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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA — Kelly Thomas’ visit with eye specialist Donnie Franklin are anything but usual. It’s not every day, ...
Therapy Insight: Scleritis And Its Relationship To Systemic Autoimmune Disease Justine R Smith; Friederike Mackensen; James T Rosenbaum Disclosures Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2007;3 (4):219-226. 0 ...
Attendance Allowance or Pension Age Disability Payment can provide financial support for people who are severely ...
A middle-aged man was diagnosed with necrotizing scleritis associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) and responded well to rituximab therapy, despite ...
There were no further disease flare-ups. All topical medications were stopped, with rituximab continued as the sole maintenance therapy. “In conclusion, this case of isolated ANCA-associated ...
Both anterior and posterior scleritis tend to cause eye pain that can feel like a deep, severe ache. You also might feel tenderness in your eye, along with pain that goes from your eye to your jaw ...
Corneal damage Untreated dry eyes, scleritis, uveitis, or Sjögren may scratch, scar, or ulcerate your cornea. Corneal damage may cause permanent loss of vision.
A patient with scleritis and panuveitis associated with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA)—a form of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis —failed rituximab therapy but ...
Scleritis is an inflammatory process of the sclera that can lead to permanent vision loss. Several etiologies are involved, with autoimmune etiology being the most significant, accounting for nearly ...
The following is a summary of “Scleritis and development of immune-mediated disease: A retrospective chart review,” published in the August 2024 issue of Rheumatology by Morrison et al. Scleritis can ...
It has become a routine trip she makes monthly to buy medication for her husband who has scleritis – an inflammatory condition that affects the outer covering of the eye.