Long term effects of uveitis can be minimized by prompt diagnosis, consistent monitoring, and appropriate use of medications. Some of the main effects that can occur and which we try to avoid with therapy include the following: Decrease in vision: When there is inflammation in the eye, such as occurs with uveitis, there can [...]
This is a very interesting and important question. Yes, uveitis can result from injury to the eye such as a blunt force to the eye or a foreign body in the eye. This usually results in iritis, which is inflammation of the colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil. The iris is [...]
There are seven different types of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.. It is uncommon for most forms of JIA to occur in siblings; children who present with the type of JIA referred to as ERA (Enthesitis Related Arthritis ; enthesitis refers to inflammation where ligaments and tendons insert onto bone), which tends to occur in older [...]
At present, we can decide treatments based on experiences from large groups of patients with similar conditions. However, the conclusions we make about the diseases and the treatments from studying the group as a whole do not always precisely apply to individual patients within the group; there is considerable variability in how individual patients [...]
Research is crucial to advancing knowledge about the causes, mechanisms, and treatment for uveitis. In all our research now, including our studies relating to uveitis and childhood arthritis, we ensure that parents and patients are represented on our research teams. We feel it is important for patients and parents to contribute their ideas and [...]
In children with the type of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA; the word "idiopathic" means the cause is unknown) referred to as oligoarticular JIA (children with fewer than five joints involved; the name "oligo" comes from the Greek word meaning "few"), the antinuclear antibody test (ANA) is positive in about 90% of children. This type [...]
Our Canadian research, looking at over 1,000 children newly diagnosed with JIA, has shown that the most important contributors to probability of uveitis are a positive ANA and being diagnosed at a young age. Uveitis was most commonly seen in children with either oligoarthritis or polyarticular rheumatoid factor negative JIA. We also saw that [...]
Children with JIA can develop uveitis at any time, even when their arthritis is not active. For some children with JIA, the arthritis inflammation becomes quiet, but they have continued uveitis requiring treatments. Similarly, arthritis can flare up at unpredictable times as well. The inflammation isn’t ‘switching back and forth’- the inflammation of JIA [...]
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