Infections. Certain infections cause infectious scleritis. These can be bacterial, fungal or viral. Fungal infections usually have a less positive outlook than bacterial or viral infections. Lyme disease may also cause scleritis (Lyme scleritis). Trauma or injury to your eye, including surgical procedures. This type of injury often gives rise ...

2025年1月6日 · Scleritis is an inflammatory condition affecting the sclera, the white part of the eye, characterized by pain, redness, and potential vision impairment. Scleritis is often associated with inflammatory and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitides, and connective tissue disorders.

2023年7月24日 · Infectious scleritis is an inflammatory process of the sclera due to a microbial agent. In order to avoid the risk of enucleation or evisceration due to this condition, it must be promptly diagnosed and treated.

2024年11月13日 · When the sclera is swollen, red, tender, or painful (called inflammation), it is called scleritis. It is common for people with scleritis to have another disease, like rheumatoid arthritis or other autoimmune disease.

2021年9月15日 · It also can be caused by an eye infection, an injury to your eye, or a fungus or parasite. If it’s not treated, scleritis can lead to serious problems, like vision loss .

Scleritis is inflammation of the sclera, which is the white part of the eye. Wilmer Eye Institute ophthalmologist Meghan Berkenstock explains what you need to know about scleritis, which can be painful and, in some cases, lead to vision loss. There are two main types of scleritis: 1.

Scleritis is the inflammation in the episcleral and scleral tissues with injection in both superficial and deep episcleral vessels. It may involve the cornea, adjacent episclera and the uvea and thus can be vision-threatening. Scleritis is often associated with an underlying systemic disease in up to 50% of patients.

2018年8月30日 · Scleritis is a disorder in which the sclera becomes severely inflamed and red. It can be very painful. Scleritis is believed to be the result of the body’s immune system overreacting....

Scleritis is a rare painful ocular disorder, associated with severe ocular pain and tissue destruction. Although a majority of these cases are immune mediated and at least half of these are associated with systemic immune-mediated diseases, a smaller minority are due to …

Scleritis is a severe, destructive, vision-threatening inflammation involving the deep episclera and sclera. Symptoms are moderate to marked pain, hyperemia of the globe, lacrimation, and photophobia. Diagnosis is clinical. Treatment is with systemic corticosteroids and possibly other immunosuppressants.