Originally Posted By: roogy
Hi Aussiegirl, welcome and sorry to hear you're having such a rough time of it at the moment! Have you been seen by an ophthalmologist at all? It sounds like you may have an iritis flare at the moment, which needs prompt treatment to prevent complications... I'm a veteran of iritis flares (at 33) and what you describe sounds very familiar...

All the best,
-Anke


I went to just my optomotrist today to see if he would refer me to the opthalmologist. I have a stimatism in my eyes and wear glasses already and the pterygiums but I told hom about my AS and asked him about the pressure and pain in my upper eye and about the redness. The cortisone ointment has helped settle the redness but the pain is still present and it just feels swollen if that makes any sense.
Anyway the optomitrist didnt seem to care and said just to see how it goes with the ointment. I dont understand realy if you lovely people here say it is important and my doc said it was, then why was the optom so blarse? The hospital doctor the other night didnt even want to know about it. Yet you read on the AS info sites that you are to go to the EMD if you are experiencing these symptoms.

I am cinfused is it something to get seen to and take seriously or not?

Thanks again, sorry again also for all the questions.