The College of Optometrists

hi, is it really required to know all the wierd and wonderful different uveitis's like sarcoid, behcets etc etc or is it just required to know anterior/posterior/intermediate. also there is a rumour saying that confrontation is no longer required as part of an examiner meeting, could you please clarify this thankyou

I am not an examiner - but I would expect you to do it.

I do think that you should do confrontation. It only takes a second to do and you can't really say if the person has enough visual field to be able to legalliy drive a car if you don't do it. (V/A is not enough - there is a width of field requirement)

You should know about uveitis in its various forms. I think you will find that sarcoidosis, R. arthritis, lupus, IBS and Chrons etc. is fairly commonly met in practice.

They are all immune-related diseases and I think you need to know that they cause inflamations within the eye as well as outside of the eye (ie: in the bodies organs). Don't forget they also cause episcleritis and scleritis.

confrontation no longer being examined