PREVALENCE OF COMMON EYE PROBLEMS IN PEDIATRIC OPD IN A TRIBAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL ADILABAD.

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Dr Suryakant Mundlod, Dr. Nugurwar Abhijeet, Dr Vinay Kumar

PURPOSE:To determine the frequency of common eye diseases in children attending to outpatient department of a

tribal based medical college and hospital in Adilabad, Telangana.

MATERIALS AND METHODS:A total of 378 patients with complaints of blurred vision, headache, redness, itching, watering of eyes

,trauma and with nutritional deciency signs were included in this study. Detailed examination as required was done at Department of

Ophthalmology, Rajiv Gandhi Institute Of Health Sciences (RIMS) Adilabad district from 1st January to December 2016.

Visual acuity and refraction was performed under cycloplegia. Anterior segment was examined with the help of direct ophthalmoscope and slit

lamp. Posterior segment examination was performed after dilating pupil with mydriatic drops using direct and indirect ophthalmoscopes.

Intraocular pressure was checked where needed. All information was documented and data was analyzed. Mean age and common eye infections

was categorised as per frequency of occurrence and percentages from high to low .It was found that headache with blurred vision was the most

common eye complaint followed by other conditions.

RESULTS: Frequency of commonest eye condition was conjunctivitis 41.3, naso lacrimal duct blockage21.8%, vernal keratoconjunctivitis

14.3,headache with blurred vision i.e. 9.4% , hypermetropia 7.3%,myopia5.9%,

CONCLUSION: The most common eye problem was headache with blurred vision.. Conjunctivitis presented the second most common cause

of paediatric ocular complaints, followed by other ocular conditions. Males were proportionally more affected than females.