The wall of the human eye is divided into three layers, with the middle layer called the uvea, which includes the iris, ciliary body, and choroid. Uveitis is a blindness-causing eye disease that occurs in young adults. Patients may experience eye pain, photophobia, tearing, vision loss, flashing sensation, and ciliary congestion. If the disease is detected early and the correct treatment is taken early, the patient’s damaged vision is well recovered. However, some patients are often encountered in outpatient clinics due to improper treatment, resulting in delayed disease or even blindness. In this regard, patients with uveitis are reminded that they must be alert to the three major misconceptions about uveitis treatment. Myth #1: Long-term high-dose antibiotics Clinical practice has proven that 80% to 90% of patients with uveitis do not require antibiotic treatment, in other words, even if they are treated with antibiotics, they are ineffective. Antibiotics are mainly used to treat diseases caused by bacterial infections, and although uveitis is also inflammatory, it is not caused by bacterial infections. Patients with uveitis should not use antibiotics blindly, especially not for a long period of time, otherwise, not only will they not be effective in treatment, but they will also damage their health. Myth 2: Eye injections Eye injections are also one of the treatments for uveitis, which are hormone injections under the conjunctiva of the eye. Many doctors used to think that this method is good because the drug is injected directly into the area, so it is better for the drug to work. In fact, this perception is wrong. Since some long-acting drugs are cloudy liquids, they will not be absorbed for a long time when they are injected into the eye, which is not conducive to eye recovery, and repeatedly injecting drugs into the conjunctiva many times may also lacerate the eye. In addition, some patients may have uveitis triggered by other systemic diseases, and local treatment does not play a significant role. Myth 3: Hormone use alone Hormones are commonly used in the treatment of uveitis, but they have many side effects, one of which is that they can cause osteoporosis, so patients treated with hormones for a long time must take long-term calcium supplements. Even if you stop using hormones, you still have to take calcium supplements for a period of time again. At the same time, patients are generally advocated to take oral hormone therapy because the oral dosage is smaller than the infusion dosage, and the side effects are relatively smaller.