What is Uveitis ?

• Uveitis is inflammation of the uvea, the middle layer of your eye.
• The eye ball has three different layers of tissue :
1. Retina
2. Sclera
3. Uvea

What are the types of uveitis?

There are different types of uveitis, depending on the part of the eye which is affected:

• anterior uveitis or iritis
• intermediate
• posterior
• Panuveitis

What causes Uveitis?

• Infection from bacteria, virus or fungus
• Auto immune disease-where your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body by mistake
• Side effect of some medication
• Trauma
• Cancers that affect the eye, like lymphomas

What are the symptoms of uveitis?

• Eye redness
• Eye pain
• Light sensitivity
• Blurred vision
• Dark, floating spots in your field of vision (floaters)