How Is Uveitis Diagnosed?

An ophthalmologist will use instruments to examine the inside of the eye and often can make a diagnosis on that basis. In some circumstances, blood tests, skin tests (Mantoux test), x-rays, and CT scans, and sometimes, even specimens taken surgically from the eye, may assist in establishing the diagnosis and finding its cause. Since uveitis can be associated with disease in some other part of the body, an evaluation and understanding of the patient’s overall medical health is important. This may involve consultation with other medical specialists, including pulmonologists, immunologists or rheumatologists.