Close-up of iritis (inflamed blue iris) of the eye in a 66 year old male patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis affects the joint

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Close-up of iritis (inflamed blue iris) of the eye in a 66 year old male patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Ankylosing spondylitis affects the joints, but iritis is a symptom in which the coloured part of the eye bulges, is cloudy, and is sensitive to light.

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