Introduction

Welcome to our quiet little community, J! I look forward to seeing more posts from you!

I'm HLA-B27 positive as well and the experience has been painful. I started having flare ups when I was around 18 or 19 (I'm 26 now). It wasn't until late last year that they found it was actually iritis. I've been tested for many things, fit criteria, but always lacked an actual diagnoses of anything that would give me answers. I started with the prednisolone which worked at first, but after a year and a half or so it wasn't that effective and I don't think anyone likes putting a milky white medication in their eye. I have to say that I know it may have long term effects, but the one thing that has stomped the iritis from flaring up worse initially is taking prednisone orally. I usually take it for about 5-7 days which completely stops the redness and swelling in its tracks. I know how painful it can be; feels like you're being stabbed in the eye, the sun and bright lights are immensely painful to look at, you lose vision (myopia), and you have a constant headache. You might want to look into taking prednisone for that until they can diagnose you with something further. It is often used as well to treat autoimmune disorders. My mother has lupus and she takes it for her flare ups so it's relatively common. Good luck!