eye disorders
Sympathetic Ophthalmia
Treatment of Sympathetic Ophthalmia
Oral corticosteroids and immunosuppressants With severe injuries, possibly early prophylactic enucleation Treatment typically requires oral corticosteroids (eg,prednisone, 1 mg/kg orally once/day) followed by long-term use of a noncorticosteroid immunosuppressive drug. Prophylactic enucleation of a severely injured eye should be considered within 2 weeks of vision loss to minimize the risk of sympathetic ophthalmia developing in the other eye, but only when the injured eye has no vision potential. 