iritis

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Hi, just before christmas, i woke up one morning with a really red, tender left eye, after a couple of days of seeing different doctors i was sent to the hospital with an emergency eye appointment. The doctor diagmosed me with iritis & gave me maxidex drops to take 8 times a day. The redness cleared within a few days but it was still uncomfortable & the whites of my eye wrinkled up in the outr corner of the eye, so afer more trips to the doctors & altering the dosage of the maxidex i was signed off. Then i noticed that my eyelid was red and swollen so went back to the doctors again! And she said i could be allergic to the maxidex so she told me to stop & gave me allergy eye drops. But the eyelid swelling has come down, my eye still feels uncomfortable & my left eye now seems smaller than before, so not sure what is going on. Thanks.

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I was seen by an eye specialist at the hospital but after that doctors at my local surgery.

[Sandra M Brown, MD]

When you say you saw "several different doctors" I am assuming that none of them were eye doctors.  At the emergency room, were you examined by an eye doctor or by the ER doctor?  If you have not been examined by an Eye MD you need to have an evaluation promptly.  You can find one near you at aao.org