Birdshot Uveitis Society

Birdshot Uveitis Society A support group and charity for people with the rare, hard-to treat, autoimmune, posterior uveitis called Birdshot Chorioretinopathy also known as Birdshot

Birdshot Chorioretinopathy is a chronic, auto-immune, potentially blinding form of posterior uveitis for which there is currently no cure. It is treated with toxic medications that adversely affect the patients' quality of life.

We have been asked to share the following details about a forthcoming webinar by the Uveitis Information Study Group, pl...
30/11/2025

We have been asked to share the following details about a forthcoming webinar by the Uveitis Information Study Group, please register if you are interested in attending this. Annie

The Uveitis Clinical Study Group (UCSG) invites you to attend our webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals (flyer attached)

Date & Time: Wednesday, 17th December 2025, 4-5pm
Location: Online - link to be shared in due course
Register via the following link.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbdgSxItCWmilLDjrDvNZgdl2N--6jW6JBhWf_bTlPUZwplw/viewform

‎We highly encourage you to submit your questions in advance via the RSVP link above, or by emailing us on [email protected]

Speaker: Professor Ann Morgan, Rheumatology Consultant, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
Chair: Miss Kanchan Bhan, Consultant Ophthalmologist with special interest in Ocular Inflammatory disease, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Join our medical expert-led webinar to learn more about the use of steroids in treating inflammatory eye diseases including uveitis and scleritis.

Who we are
The Uveitis Clinical Study Group (UCSG) is a national group of health professionals, ophthalmologists and scientists working in partnership with patients. Our mission:
Share knowledge about uveitis and scleritis
Support research and trials for better treatments
Enable patients to contribute to research, and meet other people with uveitis and scleritis

Website: https://www.uveitisstudygroup.org

The UCSG invites you to attend our informative webinar for patients, carers and healthcare professionals on the Wednesday, 17th December 2025, 4.00-5.00pm Online link will be emailed to you in due course. Speaker: Professor Ann Morgan, Rheumatology Consultant, Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)....

https://birdshot.org.uk/covid19-treatment/UK Birdies taking steroids and/or immunosuppressants - if you started feeling ...
17/11/2025

https://birdshot.org.uk/covid19-treatment/

UK Birdies taking steroids and/or immunosuppressants - if you started feeling unwell and were concerned you might have caught COVID-19, would you know what to do first, and then where to go for advice? The BUS website now has information on this topic . Have a look at it now and be prepared.

COVID-19 treatment- how to get advice and any necessary treatment in UK Introduction If you are taking corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressant treatment, you need to know what to do if you live in UK, become unwell and think you may have COVID-19. The instructions on how to get advice and any neces...

How many people are diagnosed with birdshot each year? Until recently, that question had no clear answer. Now, researche...
05/10/2025

How many people are diagnosed with birdshot each year? Until recently, that question had no clear answer. Now, researchers have used collected data to create what they believe may be the first estimate of new birdshot cases detected in Northern Ireland, England and Wales over the years 2017 to 2019.

The researchers used information obtained from ophthalmologists by the British Ophthalmological Surveillance Unit (BOSU) about the ophthalmologists’ newly-diagnosed birdshot patients. This data documented the patients’ symptoms, signs, tests, treatments and where each patient lived. A year later, BOSU then contacted the ophthalmologists again to follow up these birdshot patients.

With any data collection study, it is inevitable that patient information may be incomplete or may not be recorded at all. However, out of the BOSU information, the researchers were able to use the data from 37 cases of birdshot to produce a picture of each patient and their treatment at diagnosis, and again a year later.

This work was made possible by a small grant award from Fight for Sight and the Birdshot Uveitis Society.

This study provides the first nationwide estimate of the incidence of BSRC in a high-prevalence region. Cases were more common in females, with a broad range of presentation ages. No significant latitudinal effect of incidence was identified. Systemic therapy with steroids and IMT remain the most co...

Just to highlight that some of Dr Colin Chu’s work is being supported by Birdshot Uveitis Society.
28/08/2025

Just to highlight that some of Dr Colin Chu’s work is being supported by Birdshot Uveitis Society.

Exciting news coming out of Moorfields Eye Hospital lately...

Dr Colin Chu is one of our many brilliant researchers working to prevent vision loss right now.

His work in metagenomics has already helped a young patient receive a complex diagnosis after years of
confusion. You can support more vital research like Dr Chu’s with a donation today:
https://moorfieldseyecharity.org.uk/support-us/can-you-help-power-an-exciting-new-era-of-eye-health?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organicsocial&utm_campaign=summerappeal3


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