Volume : V, Issue : XI, November - 2015

HIV RELATED OCULAR CONDITIONS IN RELATION WITH CD4 COUNT IN ADULTS IN GGH VIJAYAWADA –A RESEARCH PAPER

Dr. K. Vijayasekhar, Dr. K. V. V. Satyanarayana

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 Background: HIV/AIDS is one of the 21 st centuries challenges to the human beings with protein manifestation affecting nearly all organs in the human body. It includes various clinical presentations which may be asymptomatic or atypical or they may be the initial manifestation of underline disease.The severity of these ocular leisions increases as the immune competency decreases leading to visual impairment or blindness .Astudy was conducted on 1175 patients in the year 2014 at ART centre with the aim: Objective: a)To study ocular manifestation of HIV b)To correlate those manifestations with CD4 T lymphocyte count c) To determine the prevalence and the types of HIV associated ocular conditions. Methods: Across sectional study involving a detailed ocular examination on the severity of the detoriated vision in HIV cases was done. Data was collected by face to face interview clinical examination laboratory investigation, ocular examination, fundus examination. Automated perimetry, digital fundus photography, fundus florescent angiography were done for relevant cases.Only adults were included .Eye examinations were included best corrected visual acuity test, intraocular pressure measurement, 1. Anterior segment includes adnexal examination, pupillary reactions,iris. 2. Posterior segment includes dilated fundus examination and cranial nerve function test.The following tools were used for ophthalmic examination 1.snellen visual acuity charts,schiotz tonometer,indirect ophthalmoscope,slit lamp by microscope,20 D Volk lens,90 D Volk lens and Goldmen 3 mirror lens.To prevent cross contamination the instruments were clened and disinfected with absolute alcohol for 10 minutes and again rinsed with Ringer lactate. For dilatation of the fundus 1% tropicamide with pheny ephrine was used

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Dr.K.VIJAYASEKHAR, DR.K.V.V. SATYANARAYANA / HIV RELATED OCULAR CONDITIONS IN RELATION WITH CD4 COUNT IN ADULTS IN GGH VIJAYAWADA –A RESEARCH PAPER / Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 11 November 2015

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