Hi Chrissy and Mig;
I've had the iritis problem twenty plus times in the past 14 years- full blow eruptions.
My eye doctor gave me a dilator/relaxant (cyclogyl) used twice a day and the
prednisolone drops...my eye doctor always used the schedule of start the prednisolone
drops with 7/8 applications per day- every two hours- for the first three or four
days, then taper down to every three hours for a couple days, then every four
hours until the inflammation is knocked down.
It's been more than a year since a full eruption-i've had a full table otherwise. The
problem with the prednisolone is that it can cause both glaucoma and/or cataracts.
He's always lectured me that the max hit at the beginning and the shortest exposure
to the prednisolone is the best way to deal with it.
Iritis was a great shock to me, because i had no knowledge or appreciation that this
might/would happen...went to ER the first time with both eyes blown up, red and
swollen shut...they diagnosed blindness and sent me to eye doctor.
My eye doctor says i do now have cataracts in both eyes, but for several reasons
he doesn't want to do surgical fix till it's worse: my age, general health, etc. etc.
I also have inflammatory debris free floating in both eyes...my right frequently feels
as if a corkscrew were being turned in the eye. My eye doctor, whom I like a lot, says
he has no answer for the floaters or the unusual pain. I have double vision all the
time and my right eye is barely correctable to 20/200 now.
This is not a fringe benefit you'll enjoy.
aloha Ben
