Practical Uveitis: Understanding the Grape [Paperback]

Updated to reflect the newest findings and practices in the field, such as practical biologic therapy, recently approved steroid injections, and intraocular pressure control in uveitis, this book makes this fascinating subject accessible to the non-uveitis specialists.

This accessible, jargon-free guide to uveitis for non-specialists explains how to diagnose and manage inflammatory eye disease in practical, easy-to-understand language. The book describes how to differentiate between the various inflammatory eye diseases, which investigations to choose, how to interpret the results and how best to manage immunosuppression in these patients. Updated to reflect the newest findings and practices in the field, such as practical biologic therapy, recently approved steroid injections and intraocular pressure control in uveitis, this book makes this fascinating subject accessible to the non-uveitis specialists.

Classification of Uveitis. Differentiating between Different Diagnoses: Clinical and Ancillary Testing. Anterior Uveitis. Intermediate Uveitis. Posterior Uveitis. Panuveitis. Scleritis and Episcleritis. Immunosuppression: Medications, and How to Use and Monitor Them. Biologic Therapy and Future Treatments. The moral Ophthalmologist

Gwyn Samuel Williams qualified from a medical school at Kings College London and completed his ophthalmology training on the Wales circuit. He completed a years fellowship in medical retina and uveitis at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and from June 2016 onwards he has been a consultant in Swansea specialising in medical retina and inflammatory eye disease. He is an honorary associate professor at Swansea University, and from 20202023 he was Llywydd of the RCOphth in Wales and Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology to the Welsh Government. He has a keen interest in reading, writing and hiking through the beautiful Welsh countryside and was Plaid Cyml“ƒ