Recurrent Inflammation

I frequently tell patients with inflammation in the eye that their inflammation can recur, especially if they decrease their anti-inflammatory medications too quickly.

Dr. James Brodie and colleagues published an article in the November 2024 edition of the journal Ophthalmology about eye inflammation. They specifically looked at one type of eye inflammation called acute anterior uveitis. They found that almost half of their patients had a recurrence!

Even I, who am frequently talking about recurrent inflammation, am surprised by their high rate of recurrence! It is possible that findings in their study population don’t apply to mine, but it is illuminating to see the high rate that they found.