scleritis-specialist

[digna]

my sister who lives in the manila, philippines has been diagnosed to have scleritis. i can't provide more information outside of scleritis and that she had eyepain. presently she complains of joint pain. she is seeing a uveitis specialist in the philippines and i just wonder if there are other specialist in that town or nearby asian countries.
thank you in advance.
digna

[confusedmama]

Has your sister ever been to a rheumatologist?  I also have scleritis and in my quest to figure out the cause for it, I have been to several rheumatologists.  One of the most frequently asked questions is whether I have joint pain which I do not.  My suggestion would be to find a rheumatologist and have them do a complete blood work up to see what the underlying cause is.  

Good luck and I hope your sister gets some relief.  

[valister]

i recently had eye pain in my left eye, went to bed, thinking I had a migraine, when I woke up the next morning, the left quadrant of my eye was bright red,and I had pain around my eye.  I went to the eye doctor, and he said it was inflamed and it would be very hard to control, that I was very lucky that is didn't spread to my vision.  but I had no infection.  he started me on prednisone drops. I've been taking them for 10 days, 4x's a day and the redness is gone, but he said I have many bumps inside my lids that it may be allergies that has caused the scleritis.  Is this something that can just clear up, and easily as it came?   I have no known illnesses.  I was thinking of getting a checkup just to to be sure, there isn't an underlying condition that has not been discovered yet.  any advice?  I've never had problems with my eyes before, and I have no known allergies.

[Michael J Kutryb, MD]

I'm sorry but I don't have any contacts in those areas.  I'm pretty much limited to the United States.

MJK MD