First time for me—I'm scared out of my wits
I was diagnosed with anterior uveitis yesterday.
My eye was a little red on Wednesday, but I didn't worry too much because I've had conjunctivitis before, and for once I decided not to panic.
On Thursday morning, I woke up with my eye completely swollen, and the redness had spread. My eye was watering, and I was a little sensitive to light.
I went to see the on-call doctor, who immediately sent me to the ER because he wasn’t sure of the diagnosis since I wear contact lenses.
At the hospital, the resident examined me and immediately told me it was uveitis, before adding, “In one-third of cases, we can’t find a cause; in the rest of the cases, it’s an inflammatory disease. You’ll need to have a chest CT scan and a blood test.”
I burst into tears, and he didn’t understand why.
Since then, I’ve been terribly worried and I can’t stop crying.
My ex-partner had neurosarcoidosis, and I cared for him for many months. I witnessed the side effects of his treatments, his relapses, his hip replacement, his shattered skeleton, and his weight gain.
What should I expect? I arrived at the hospital with a red eye and left with a suspicion of a serious illness.
Thank you all.