Prognosis of visual function of uveitis / 中华实验眼科杂志

ABSTRACT

Uveitis is one of the leading causes of visual impairment.The method of evaluate to visual function include visual acuity,visual field,contrast sensitivity,color vision and visual electrophysiology.Among these methods,the most direct and common one is visual acuity.The visual outcomes are various because of the differences of cause of disease,severity of inflammation,location of lesion and complications.Visual impairment is most common in panuveitis.The risk of serious visual impairment is increased with aging.Bilateral inflammation is more serious and difficult to cure.Of varied causes of disease,the visual outcomes in sarcoid-related uveitis,Behcet' s disease and juvenile arthritis-related uveitis are poor.The complications of uveitis can cause visual impairment directly as well.Cystoid macular edema is the most common complication of uveitis,and which to bring up to visual impairment.There are abnormalities left in contrast sensitivity,visual field and electroretinogram.This article mainly summarize the visual function outcomes of uveitis and factors affecting the visual function.