Volume : IX, Issue : XII, December - 2019

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DRY EYE DISEASE IN PRE-MENOPAUSAL AND POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Dr Ram Krishna Rai, Dr Ranjana A Pande

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Objective: The objective was to study and compare the prevalence of Dry eye disease in pre–menopausal and post–menopausal women and emphasize the importance of Menopause in causing dry eye disease. Methods and Materials: This was a cross sectional study carried out at a tertiary care hospital. Consenting patients were randomly selected following strict diagnostic criteria to rule out all the local, systemic and exogenous factors affecting the ocular surface and causing dry eye to exclusively study the effect of menopause on Dry eye disease. Dry eye assessment was done on 400 eyes of 200 patients divided into two groups i.e. the pre–menopausal and post–menopausal groups The symptomatic assessment of dry eye was done by administering a Dry Eye Questionnaire along with objective tests such as Tear film eak up time, Schirmer’s test and Ocular surface staining performed to complete the diagnosis. Results: 52% patients had symptoms consistent with Dry eye disease in post menopause group compared to 36% in pre–menopausal patients. 41% eyes were diagnosed as having dry eye disease with the objective tests in post menopause group compared to 23% in control group with more eyes having mild to moderate forms compared to severe forms in both the groups. The results were statistically significant.

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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DRY EYE DISEASE IN PRE-MENOPAUSAL AND POST-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN, Dr RAM KRISHNA RAI, Dr RANJANA A PANDE INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-12 | December-2019

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