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Rheumatology • Psoriasis • Inflammatory eye disorders • Ophthalmology • Uveitis and Ocular Immunology
How do you approach the management of a patient with psoriasis and chronic anterior uveitis who is unable to take DMARDs and has tried TNF inhibitors and IL-17 inhibitors but has ongoing bilateral anterior uveitis?
Patient with a history of alcohol use disorder, limiting use of traditional DMARDs, and also with a history of CAD, HTN, and 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 ...
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