Glossary for Episcleritis
- Behcet's Disease: Recurring inflammation of small blood vessels affecting various areas.
- Closed-angle glaucoma: A severe form of glaucoma needing emergency treatment to avoid blindness.
- Conjunctivitis: Contagious eye infection
- Corneal abrasion: Scratch on the cornea
- Eye pain: Pain affecting the eye
- Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis: A rare condition characterized by the presence of recurring urticarial vasculitis, arthralgia or arthritis and hypocomplementemia. Hypocomplementemia involves a reduction or absence of blood complement which is a part of the body's immune system which destroying invading bacteria or other pathogens.
- Iritis: Inflammation of the iris and anterior chamber of the eye.
- Keratitis: Any inflammation of the cornea of the eye
- Photophobia: An exaggerated or irrational fear of light.
- Polyarteritis nodosa: A serious blood vessel disease where small and medium-sized arteries become swollen and damaged and are unable to adequately supply oxygenated blood to various tissues in the body. The disease can occur in a mild form or a serious, rapidly fatal form.
- Polychondritis: A serious, progressive, episodic condition characterized by inflammation and degeneration of cartilage in the body. The duration and severity of the episodes can vary.
- Redness: Reddening of the skin.
- Rheumatoid arthritis: Autoimmune form of arthritis usually in teens or young adults.
- Sjogren's Syndrome: Autoimmune disease damaging the eye tear ducts and other glands.
- Syphilis: A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria (Treponema pallidum). The condition is often asymptomatic in the early stages but one or more sores may be present in the early stages. Untreated syphilis usually results in remission of visible symptoms but further severe damage may occur to internal organs and other body tissues which can result in death.
- Tuberculosis: Bacterial infection causing nodules forming, most commonly in the lung.
- Ulcerative colitis: Ulcerative colitis (Colitis ulcerosa, UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon.
- Ulcerative proctosigmoiditis: Ulcerative proctosigmoiditisis an idiopathic chronicinflammatory disorder limited to the sigmoid colon and the rectum.
- Uveitis: A condition which is characterised by the inflammation of the uvea of the eye
- Wegener's granulomatosis: A rare disease involving blood vessel inflammation which can affect the blood flow to various tissues and organs and hence cause damage. The respiratory system and the kidneys are the main systems affected.
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