New research to help address Thyroid Eye Disease

[Clutter]

Fight for Sight in partnership with British Thyroid Foundation and Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust funds two new studies

Fight for Sight, the UK’s leading eye research charity, has teamed up with two other charities to fund new research into thyroid eye disease (TED), a condition affecting tens of thousands of people in the UK (see below for reference). TED is an autoimmune inflammatory disorder in which parts of the eye and eye socket become inflamed. TED causes dry, bulging eyes, swollen eyelids and double or blurred vision.

Fight for Sight and Thyroid Eye Disease Charitable Trust are jointly funding a project at Moorfields Eye Hospital. Researchers, led by Miss Swan Kang, will perform three pilot studies of an imaging technique to study blood vessels on the white of the eye in patients who have TED. These studies will investigate the diagnosis and monitoring potential of the technique. The detailed measurements obtained during the studies will then be used to help find novel biomarkers for future research. The hope is that this project will enable early detection of TED and identification of those who are at risk of developing vision loss.

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[amala57]

Thanks for this Clutter. My eye has been bad today. Let's hope this research leads to improved understanding & treatment of this awful condition.

[Caesard]

Sounds good but that's a bit late for me. Next week I'm scheduled for decompression surgery My condition of TED is a mild one so it should be fine. Nevertheless I would have loved not being in this situation. Let's hope others will have this chance!