Sentences with phrase «induced uveitis»

However, as this process occurs in hypermature cataracts, damage to the eye also occurs in the form of lens - induced inflammation (called lens - induced uveitis or LIU).

Severe lens - induced uveitis can result in complications such as scar formation and glaucoma and can prevent cataract removal from being performed.

A common phenomenon occurs in many rapidly developing cataracts wherein the patient develops a local «allergic» type reaction to the cataract known as lens - induced uveitis.

If lens - induced uveitis (LIU) is noted, then dependent upon the severity of the LIU, the patient may be started on prednisolone acetate 1 % suspension, dexamethasone 0.1 % solution, and / or flurbiprofen topically and carprofen or similar NSAID orally.

The study, published in Cell Reports, involved giving cancer drugs to mice and inducing uveitis, an incurable autoimmune eye condition responsible for 1 in every 10 cases of visual impairment in the UK.

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Rapidly developing, bilaterally symmetric cataract formation in dogs is commonly associated with lenticular intumescence and subsequent phacolytic (lens - induced) uveitis.

Fourth, there is theoretical potential for inducing autoimmune disease such as uveitis and, lastly, there is incomplete knowledge of mechanisms of protective immunity against leptospiral infection.»