yes, you should take ibuprofen with you on trips.
it can be chronic (like asthma) or recurrent (like a cold), but usually in my opinion is more recurrent like a cold. if the red patch ever goes away, then the *active* inflammation is gone. it may come back, but if it is ever non-present, then i would no longer consider it to be "chronic". does that make sense?
Yes, thankyou, that makes sense.
But following on from that, I still have a small red patch, which may be fading, hard to tell, but not treating it in any way, as it isn't causing any serious or significant pain. should I though? The consultant I saw felt it was unnecessary due to absence of pain.
hard to tell, especially w/o seeing it. in general, scleritis is usually pretty painful. it is still possible that you dont have scleritis at all...
dont know. sorry!