HESI Inflammatory Bowel Disease Case Study Practice Test

Ocular involvement is an extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis, reflecting systemic inflammation. The symptom that best fits this association is blurred vision with light sensitivity, which points to uveitis/iritis affecting internal eye structures and causing photophobia and decreased visual acuity. Itchy eyes are more typical of conjunctival irritation or allergy rather than a UC-specific process. Glaucoma and cataracts are not direct manifestations of ulcerative colitis; they are more related to other factors such as long-term corticosteroid use, not the disease itself. In UC, another related eye issue is episcleritis, which causes redness and irritation but usually not blurred vision or photophobia.