Suggest Treatment For Redness And Pain In Right Eye

Posted on Fri, 28 Aug 2015

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Question : I got redness and pain in my right eye on 07-aug-2015 and went to doctor on 10-aug-2015. She told that it is episcleritis . treatment is still going. She has asked to show to rheumotologist also . As there was pain in right shoulder

yesterday (27-aug-2015) i went to another doctor for second opinion she told that she doesnt see any flares and steriod should not have been given , she also told that i should stop washing my eye and use flogel eye drop after every two hours

I would like to know does steriod eye drops casue problem and
does washing eye with water cause problem?

Answered by Dr. Dadapeer K (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Steroid eye drops are required for treatment of episcleritis.

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to Health care Magic

I am Dr. Dadapeer an ophthalmologist and I will be answering your question.

I reviewed your history and the reports attached with the question.

The reports show episcleritis. Steroid eye drops are required for treatment of episcleritis.
Hence the treatment started initially was in right direction.

Steroid eye drops if used for long time can cause problems like increase in intraocular pressure. Since it has been checked and is in normal range no need to be worried.

The steroid eye drops needs to be tapered and stopped as advised by your second doctor.

Hence the treatment was in right direction and no need to be worried.

Washing the eye with water will not cause any problem.

Hope this answers your question.

Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar