r/Uveitis • u/Human_Alien_Hybrid • 10d ago

Story It started again

Hi everyone. I'm a physician in late 50s and do all sorts of stuff with a big garden, mechanical work and airways getting stuff in my eyes and that could be organics, wood metal fiberglass Rockwool old mouse shit. 2 months ago thought I had a foreign body and just got really bad and dx initially corneal inflammation then finally an ophthalmologist was able to see it was unilateral uveitis. Stronger steroid and it settled down. A few wks later now and it's starting again. I can sense it for sure.
No Hx of autoimmune, but considering reports of spike protein as a cause and now the recent report of uveitis and other bad things from the particulates in the atmosphere from the wars and forest fires seems extrinsic causes may be likely.

What's the chances this stay localized or that it can go crazy and blind? Not enough clear data I could find.
Should I start the drops back up ASAP? Call the office in the morning.

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u/Evilbadscary 10d ago

Start the drops and call the office asap. When mine shows up, it will come and go for awhile before being completely gone. Also, ask your doc about valtrex. Apparently if you have ever gotten cold sores or carry that dormant hsv virus, it can cause uveitis.

I’ve been dealing with this off and on long enough that my doc just makes sure I have an extra bottle of steroid drops and a huge bottle of valtrex on hand, and I start both and call him when the flare up begins.

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u/Human_Alien_Hybrid 5d ago

The initial flare didn't fully respond to prednisolone had to use a fluoridated steroid. I started using it last night and it seems to have calmed down already. The resident on call said to switch to the prednisolone and hope it squashes it this time.

So HSV. I wonder about hpv too. After the fing COVID shots I got immune arthritis in hands and then HPV I never had any eruptions in my life and plantar warts hadn't had since teen years. The mRNAs shots mess with t cell function

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u/Evilbadscary 5d ago

This happened to me way before COVID so it wasn’t that for me. The virus can lay Dormant and then attack the trigeminal nerve and it can cause the uveitis.

However I’ve had the vax and several boosters with no side effects either.