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09-20-14, 10:01 PM #17
Re: eye problems
Hate to tell you this, but iritis flares up all the time. We have patients that have been dealing with iritis for YEARS. It flares up, they use steroids, it goes away, and then comes back again.
When the doctors look at your eye they are looking for cells/flare, which are white blood cells/protein in the front chamber of the eye showing that there is active inflammation (this is an excellent video if you want to see what it looks like ?Cell and flare? in the eye (Video) |) . If they do not see that, they are going to start tapering down your steroid eye drops, at which point the iritis has the chance to flare up again. They would just keep you on steroid eye drops full time, but it causes other eye issues if they are overused used in a long term setting, so they try to keep the dosage as low as possible while still preventing the iritis (for example, we have some patients using steroid eye drops 1 time per week).
It's going to take some time until they can figure out exactly what dose of steroids you need to be on, and how they need to manage it for you in particular.
The other option is to just knee cap em
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09-20-14, 10:28 PM #18
Re: eye problems
yeah they said if it came back blood work but i didnt expect it 3 days after they said my eyes were clear but im also wondering bout another doctor this ones a collection of doctores Albuquerque Cataract Surgery Santa Fe | Farmington LASIK Rio Rancho, Clovis Ophthalmologists | Eye Associates of New Mexico so its a differnt doctor everytime at the local place
also eye drops leave a medicney taste in my mouth which is odd
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09-20-14, 10:58 PM #19
Re: eye problems
Hmm, I find it strange that you see a different doctor at every visit, continuity of care is generally a good thing so that your doctor can become more familiar with you and figure out how to best manage your specific case.
As for the taste, it is possible to taste eye drops, although most people do not. Liquid on the surface of the eye (tears, eye drops, etc) drains down into the back of the nose, which then drains to the back of the throat, so it is possible to taste them. Not a good taste
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