SEATTLE — Chronic and recurrent uveitis requires chronic treatment, according to a speaker here.
While repeated steroid injections may be useful for acute or infrequent uveitis, they are suboptimal for chronic uveitis, Nisha Acharya, MD, MS, said at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting. Long-term options include sustained-release corticosteroids and systemic immunomodulatory therapy.
Acharya shared pearls for uveitis management, noting that uveitic macular edema often requires ongoing treatment.
“Uveitic macular edema is a major problem in uveitis. Forty percent