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Warning-sign checks

Uveitis: when to get help

Go through these in order and stop at the first one that applies. If you are reading this for someone else, answer for them.

  1. 1

    Is any of this happening now?

    Call 911

    Seek emergency care for:

    • Sudden major or complete loss of vision
    • A dark curtain or shadow moving across your vision
    • Severe eye pain with rapidly worsening vision
    • Eye symptoms after a serious injury or chemical exposure
    • Blurred vision with severe headache, vomiting, or coloured halos around lights
    Other emergency signs, for anyone
    • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
    • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
    • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
    • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
    • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
    • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
    • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
    • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
  2. 2

    Is any of this happening?

    Be seen today

    Seek urgent, same-day assessment for a new painful or red eye, marked light sensitivity, new floaters, or unexplained blurred vision.

    This is especially important if you have had uveitis before.

    Prompt assessment can distinguish a recurrence from other eye conditions that need different treatment.

    Contact your eye clinic promptly if symptoms return during treatment, vision worsens, or you develop significant medicine side effects.

    Do not simply restart old drops unless you have been given a specific recurrence plan.

  3. 3

    Does any of this apply?

    Book an appointment

    Routine follow-up is still important when you feel well.

    These planned visits check for quiet inflammation, raised eye pressure, cataracts, and retinal swelling.

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Uveitis. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.