autoimmune
Scleritis
is a serious disease that affects the white outer coating of the eye, known as the sclera. The disease is often contracted through association with other diseases of the body, such as with or . There are three types of scleritis: scleritis, nodular scleritis, and scleritis. Scleritis may be the first symptom of onset of disease.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·Eye redness, pain, , tearing, decrease in visual acuity
Prevention
- · (rarely needed)
Treatment
- · drugs
- · (rarely needed)
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