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Can AS Affect My Eyes?
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Red rimmed for months, light yellow drainage
Eye pain and pressure, gritty.

posted September 4, 2022
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A MySpondylitisTeam Member

Yes, many people get eye inflammation.

posted September 25, 2022
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

Yes it can most definitely. I had eye problems for over 10 years … severe pain!!! To me felt like a tooth ache behind the eye. From one eye to the other but never both at the same time… lost eye sight temporarily. Treatment consisted of steroids by mouth and steroid eye drops every hour for first day then less often for several days and what we call the red top drops. Which is to dilate the eye continuously for about a month I think it was. It would go away and the in about 3 months hit the same or the other eye…

posted March 26, 2023
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

Absolutely, my daughter has uveitis in one of her eyes. Inflammation, red eye, very painful condition. This can be serious as you can lose your vision. She Tested positive for the AS gene. As a result of her urging me, I was tested and sure enough, I too tested positive for the AS gene. My years of back pain and joint pain finally diagnosed.

posted January 19, 2023
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

Uveitis is no joke! Go see an eye Dr!! Best of luck my friend!!! Stay safe & remain strong...😊

posted February 17
A MySpondylitisTeam Member

I was having terrible dry eye and my TSH was 6.75 He raised my med only 1 dose and now it’s 0.4. My flare happened at that 6.75. I’m always in pain with spine problems every time they put me at low end of normal. I’ve never done well that way. Always terrifies me. Sometimes If I get a bad endo I cheat them. They always want me to take my pill that day. So to force them to keep me a little higher I let them think I took the pill but I don’t tell them I didn’t really take it that day. That has saved me a few times from bad doctors who kept me symptomatic. Hate to do that but…..

posted August 23, 2023

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