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I keep an unopened bottles of steroid drops and dilating drops in the refrigerator at home in case I have flare-ups. Am I taking any risks self-medicating?

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I keep an unopened bottles of steroid drops and dilating drops in the refrigerator at home in case I have flare-ups. Am I taking any risks self-medicating?

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If you have had iritis many times, you may come to recognise the symptoms accurately. In an ideal world you would see an ophthalmologist to confirm the diagnosis as soon as you get the symptoms. In the real world, you may live 100 miles from the nearest ophthalmologist, or it may be 10 pm on a Saturday night and you may face a six-hour wait at the nearest hospital’s casualty (emergency) department. If you do self-medicate in these circumstances, the risk you are taking is small as long as you see an ophthalmologist the next day.