Anterior uveitis (also called iritis) happens in the front part of your eye. That includes the iris, the colored part. It’s the most common type of uveitis for people with AS.

Uveitis is swelling of the middle layer of the eye, which provides blood to the retina. Read about causes, symptoms, and treatment.

An international study led by the University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital has identified six genetic regions associated with the inflammation of the eye's iris, also known as anterior uveitis.

Anterior uveitis: This is the most common form of uveitis. Also known as iritis, it affects the front part of the eye. Doctors think it results from inflammation of the iris.

What Are Treatments for Uveitis? Uveitis is the inflammation of your uvea — the middle layer of your eye. It can happen for many reasons, but up to 70% of cases have unknown causes.

By far the most common type is acute anterior uveitis, which affects the iris and front of the eye. “Typically, you have an attack and you get over it, but you are prone to an another attack ...

Researchers analyzed 2763 eyes of 2092 patients with acute anterior uveitis (mean age, 46.1 years; 45% women) who presented to a major tertiary ophthalmic clinical center in New Zealand between ...

Uveitis describes inflammation that exists in the uveal tract, but the disease course has such a variety of manifestations, iterations and presentations that no simple one-size-fits-all depiction ...

Uveitis occurs most frequently in people ages 20 to 50, and affects men and women equally. It is estimated that more than 280,000 people in the United States are affected by uveitis each year and ...

The mean vessel density in posterior uveitis was high compared with the other two groups (anterior and intermediate uveitis). There was statistical significance between the three groups (P = .000).

The population-based, case-control study found that 13% of patients with uveitis also had thyroid disease, compared with only 7% of the general population (P=0.01) and 9% of the ophthalmology ...