Annual Observance from Prevent Blindness Offers Free Inflammatory Eye Disease (IED) Educational Resources to the Public and Professionals, Including Webpages, Fact Sheets, Shareable Social Media Graphics and Videos featuring Patient Testimonials and IED Experts
Prevent Blindness has declared Oct. 20-26, 2025, as the fifth annual Inflammatory Eye Disease (IED) Week. Prevent Blindness is offering a variety of free educational IED resources including a dedicated webpage, updated social media graphics and several downloadable fact sheets in English and Spanish, and videos. IED Awareness Week is supported by a grant from Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.
Inflammation is the body’s natural response to injury, infection, or irritation. Inflammation can sometimes occur in response to normally harmless substances, such as dust, grass, or pollen. Eye inflammation is common and can happen at any age.
Most cases of eye inflammation can be successfully treated. However, in rare cases there can be a serious disease present, which is a threat to the eyesight. Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial in saving eyesight.
There are several different types of IEDs, including Conjunctivitis, Keratitis, Thyroid Eye Disease and Scleritis.
Additionally, Prevent Blindness has several IED episodes in its Focus on Eye Health Expert Series, including:
- Uveitis and Inflammatory Eye Diseases featuring Steven Yeh, MD, Professor and Stanley Truhlsen Jr. Chair of Ophthalmology, Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Yeh is also a volunteer on the Prevent Blindness Scientific Committee.
- Inflammatory Eye Disease with Ann-Marie Lobo-Chan, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Co-Director, Uveitis Service, Director, Uveitis/Medical Retina Fellowship, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois College of Medicine.
- Thyroid Eye Disease and Mental Wellness with Dr. Prem Subramanian, neuro-ophthalmologist with the UCHealth Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Eye Center.
- Thyroid Eye Disease with Sara T. Wester, MD, FACS, professor of clinical ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and TED patient Stephen Bander.
“Inflammatory eye disease encompasses a range of conditions. If left untreated, IEDs can result in significant vision loss,” said Jeff Todd, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness. “We urge anyone who has IED symptoms to schedule an appointment with an eye doctor right away.”
