UMEM Educational Pearls

Category: Airway Management

Title: Uveitis (Cont'd)

Keywords: Uveitis, Treatment (PubMed Search)

Posted: 1/23/2010 by Michael Bond, MD (Updated: 4/18/2024)
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Uveitis and Iritis Treatment:

Once the diagnosis is suspected or made ensure that the patient has ophthamology followup.
Antibiotics are not needed as this is not an infectious process.
Pain control is the painstay of therapy (no not narcoletics) but cycloplegics like:
- Cyclopentolate 0.5-2% 1 gtt TID
- Homatropine 2-5% 1 gtt TID
- This will relieve pain and photophobia symptoms
Topical steroid can be initiated to decrease inflammation but should be done in consultation with the ophthamologist
- Prednisolone 1% 1 gtt every 1-6 hours.