What is Medicine – What is Episcleritis?
Episcleritis is an inflammation of the episclera.Episclera is situated just underneath the conjunctiva. Episclera is the outermost layer of the sclera. Episcleritis is common in young and middle age adults. Episcleritis is associated with inflammatory bowel disease or rheumatoid arthritis. Episcleritis only affected one side of the eyes / unilateral. Patients with episcleritis is typically present with symptoms and signs such as watering of the eye, dilated episcleral vessels, no to mild pain,foreign body sensation and segmental redness where there is a patch of redness in the lateral scleral. In terms of management refer to ophthalmologist. The treatments include analgesia, cold compresses and lubricating eye drop (to relieve the symptoms). Topical steroid eye drops and systemic NSAIDS / naproxen are useful for severe cases of episcleritis.
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