Hi, quick question :)
How do you distinguish between scleritis, episcleritis and uveitis?
I've had severe pain, severe photophobia, tearing and blurred vision. I was advised not to try to see an emergency doctor because of the snow and as they wouldn't have the equipment to examine me in detail, so I saw an optician - but this was a few days after it was at its worst. She said it was an inflamed sclera, but didn't say how superficial the damage was so I don't know whether she meant episcelritis or scleritis.
I'm concerned that she said that it was very unlikely that it was related to my autoimmune condition - which I've been warned in the past can be linked to eye inflammation (particularly uveitis), and in hindsight I'm a little worried that she didn't take the level of pain seriously.
I was wondering if I need to be seeing my GP/contacting my rheumatologist at all or just waiting for it to clear up as I was advised?