Complications can include bacterial keratitis, corneal ulcer, and iritis. Conjunctivitis and iritis of the anterior segment of the eye. Campbell was afflicted lifelong by ankylosing spondylitis, and by bouts of iritis. In iritis and traumatic perforating ocular injuries, the intraocular pressure is usually low. Other risk factors include narrow-angle glaucoma, aging, and iritis. Possible problems could be displacement of the iris, iritis and raised intraocular pressure. Local corticosteroids are useful in the case of iritis. In the early 1950s, Huxley had suffered a debilitating attack of the eye condition iritis.