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Uveitis - Management
Basis for recommendation
Referral is recommended because:
- Uveitis cannot be diagnosed without slit-lamp examination.
- Uveitis usually resolves quickly with treatment; however, if it is not treated or is inadequately treated, it may result in profound and irreversible vision loss [Gupta and Murray, 2006; Merck, 2008].
- Treatment with corticosteroids should not be prescribed before the diagnosis has been confirmed by slit-lamp examination. If the person has herpes simplex virus infection corticosteroids can transform a simple herpetic dendritic ulcer into an extensive amoeboid ulcer involving all layers of the cornea, with resultant corneal scarring and visual loss [Frith et al, 2001].
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