Background The burden of blindness worldwide is unequal with regards to sex, with women
accounting for 64.5% of blindness. 1 While some of this discrepancy can be explained by
factors such as poorer access to care, it is not sufficient to explain the entirety of the problem.
2 The uveitides are a collection of diseases that result in inflammation of the uveal tract that
may also involve the retina and vitreous. The causes of uveitis can be either noninfectious
(most are considered forms of autoimmune uveitis) or infectious. If left untreated, uveitis can …