Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation

Patient Information: Pars Planitis Forum

Welcome

Thank you for visiting the Pars Planitis forum. We have designed this section of the website as a place where those who live with pars planitis or other inflammatory eye problem can get information, ask questions, and meet others. Parents and children with pars planitis will also find links to important information through the website.

Pars planitis is a potentially blinding illness. It affects children and adults. We recommend that patients with pars planitis (intermediate uveitis), an inflammatory eye disease, establish a relationship with a uveitis specialist and consult with that physician before making any healthcare decisions. The information presented on this website is for educational purposes and is not intended to diagnose health problems or to take the place of professional medical care.

The Pars Planitis Forum is an ongoing project of the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation and the Uveitis/OID Support Group in Cambridge, MA USA. It is clear that Øystein Jakobsen had a stupendous idea when he set up the original pars planitis website in 1998 and made it possible for patients with this rare disease to meet online. Mike Bartolatz joined the effort in 2000 and took on the role of moderator for the discussion group, which he continues today. Without the efforts of these two extraordinary men, none of this would have gotten done.

C. Stephen Foster, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.C.R.

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

President, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation (Link)

Website updated: 03/05/2008