Ocular Complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 1

Iritis versus episcleritis versus scleritis.

	Iritis	Episcleritis	Scleritis
Presentation	Perilimbal flush, photosensitivity, blurry vision	Red eye, minimal pain, blanches with phenylephrine	Red eye, deep pain, violet hue, does not blanch with phenylephrine
Treatment	Topical steroids	Observation, topical NSAIDs	Topical steroids, topical NSAIDs, systemic therapy
Differential diagnosis for underlying disease	Idiopathic, trauma, HLA-B27 associated systemic diseases like IBD, other systemic conditions, postoperative	Idiopathic, herpes zoster, rarely systemic disease	Connective tissue disease, herpes zoster, syphilis, postoperative, gout