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CORRELATION OF DRY EYE WITH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN TERMS OF DURATION, SEVERITY AND GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE

Dr. Manisha Meena, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Meena, Dr. Arvind Chauhan

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BACKGROUND: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common leading causes of blindness in 20–70 years age group. Recently, problems involving ocular surface, dry eyes in particular, have been reported in diabetic patients. AIM: To correlate the Dry Eye with Diabetic Retinopathy in terms of Duration, Severity and Glycosylated hemoglobin at Tertiary Care Centre. MATERIALS & METHODS: This prospective randomized study was conducted on 90 patients, between the age group of 40 to 70 years. Patients were divided into three groups, without diabetic retinopathy (N=30), non proliferative diabetic retinopathy (N=30), proliferative diabetic retinopathy (N=30) and 30 healthy controls were included. Variables parameters were age, gender, duration of diabetes, glycosylated haemoglobin, Schirmer test, Tear Breakup Time (TBUT), Tear meniscus height (TMH), and dry eye symptoms. All results were analysed using appropriate statistical tests. RESULTS: Dry eye significantly correlate with Severity of Diabetic Retinopathy (p=0.000), Dry eye test like Schirmer test , TBUT, TMH showed significant results (p=0.000), Dry eye symptoms significantly increases with Duration and Glycosylated hemoglobin (p=0.000). CONCLUSION: Diabetic patients are more prone to develop dry eye symptoms as compare to normal subjects. Dry eye assessment should be mandatory in every patient of diabetes, to diagnose the complications of dry eye and treat accordingly as early as possible.

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CORRELATION OF DRY EYE WITH DIABETIC RETINOPATHY IN TERMS OF DURATION, SEVERITY AND GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN AT TERTIARY CARE CENTRE, Dr. Manisha Meena, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Meena, Dr. Arvind Chauhan INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-5 | May-2020


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