What is retinal vasculitis?

Question

Can you become blind from it?

Answer 1

inflammation of the blood vessels which feed the retina, left untreated, it can indeed cause blindness.

Answer 2

Retinal vasculitis is an inflammatory disease of the blood vessels of the retina that may be associated with primary ocular conditions or with inflammatory or infectious diseases in other parts of the body (systemic diseases). The most common systemic diseases associated with retinal vasculitis are Behçet's disease, sarcoidosis, and multiple sclerosis. Associations have also been noted with Wegener's granulomatosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, polyarteritis nodosa and other rheumatologic conditions. Infectious agents may produce a retinal vasculitis, including bacteria (for example syphilis or tuberculosis), viruses (for example herpes family viruses), and parasites (including Toxocara canis). Primary ocular causes of retinal vasculitis include Eales disease, pars planitis, birdshot retinochoroidopathy, and Fuchs uveitis syndrome.