Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of arthritis. It mainly causes pain and stiffness in your spine. But it can also cause eye inflammation. Here's why.

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.

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.

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

In patients with acute anterior uveitis, viral disease and inflammatory arthritis were identified as risk factors for ipsilateral recurrence.

The varieties of uveitis are classified by what part of the eye is affected. By far the most common type is acute anterior uveitis, which affects the iris and front of the eye.

Iritis is inflammation predominantly located in the iris of the eye. Inflammation in the iris is more correctly called anterior uveitis. Uveitis occurs most frequently in people ages 20 to 50, and ...

Patients with thyroid disease have increased risk for uveitis, suggesting the two diseases may share a common autoimmune pathophysiology, researchers found. Compared with the general population ...

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 ...

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).

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.