Diagnosed with Iritis

[Ali79]

After four days of sore throat and fever and red eyes, I had foggy vision in my left eye.After the infection was over ,There was no pain or redness in the eye but vision was little fuzzy as compare to my right eye, I went to Opthamologist  and she put me on Lotemax drops for 7 days, I used drops and went back after a week and she said, inflammation is still there and she put me on Prednisone 40 mg TABLETS for 4 days with Lotemax eye drops every one hour.
I am really worried as there are lot of side effects of Prednisone, This is my second day on Prednisone and so far i am good.
Should I go and visit other Opthamologist for second opinion or this is the standard treatment for Iritis,

[walkietalkie]

Get a second opinion by all means. I was put on 4 days course of prednisone on few occasions for other conditions. I think it is anti inflammatory drugs so it seems a right treatment. Prednisone has some terrible side effects but it is also effective. Just giving my two cents.    

[Ray T Oyakawa, MD]

Very unusual for the need for systemic prednisone.  Get a second opinion and also see your primary care doctor.  This might be something more serious starting out with fever, sore throat and red eyes.

Dr. O.