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I have been diagnosed with scleritis of my left eye sinc...

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I have been diagnosed with scleritis of my left eye since may 2006. I have RA and am on Methotrexate and anti tnf. For my eye I am taking prednisilone eye drops 1% but the eye is still the same and gets worse when I am tired, if there is bright sunlight. I found the statement that 50% of people with RA and scleritis will die of an mi in 10 years a little startling without giving any reasons why!

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  • Sharon23
    Sharon23

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    I also have Scleritis of my Left Eye but no other illness's and have all tests but they don't seem to be getting the meds rite as im in pain every day and im on 15mg prednisolone daily and have been for aprox 2yrs!!!

    also other strong drugs and it still aint rite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    so i can sympathise with you

    • cynthia41542
      cynthia41542 Sharon23

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      I've recently been diagnosed with scleritis and was put on drops for 2 1/2 weeks however it came back a week after discontinuing the drops. I am now on a combination of eye drops and oral steroids. Just wondering if you ever found a treatment that worked for you?

      Did you ever figure out the right treatment to keep the scleritis at bay?

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