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Article Details From: VISION Magazine A drug-delivery device implanted in Lucy Thompson's eye gives her relief. For Lucy Thompson, the uveitis came out of nowhere and quickly took over her life. For 10 years, despite all sorts of treatment, it refused to let up -- until a revolutionary steroid implant surgically inserted in her eye by doctors at the Duke Eye Center finally gave Thompson relief -- and a new lease on life. Thompson’s battle with uveitis began in January 1994. Living in Cambridge, England, she was sitting at dinner one night when her left eye suddenly became very sensitive to light and painful to keep open. She looked in the mirror and noticed the pupil in that eye was dilated. Thompson immediately went to the emergency room where she was diagnosed with uveitis, an inflammatory disease (actually a group of... [read full story]
