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Rheumatology • Psoriasis • Inflammatory eye disorders • Ophthalmology • Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
How do you approach management of a patient with psoriasis and chronic anterior uveitis who is unable to take DMARDs and has tried TNF inhibitor and IL-17 inhibitors but has ongoing bilateral anterior uveitis?
Pt with history of alcohol use disorder limiting use of traditional DMARDs and also with history of CAD, HTN, HLD so hesitant regarding Jak inhibitor use.
Answer from: at Community Practice
Psoriasis is so common that it is possible that this is a chance association, but published studies do support the likelihood that there is a causal association between psoriasis and uveitis and a much stronger association between psoriatic arthritis and uveitis.The choice of therapy depends to a gr...
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