Volume : III, Issue : V, May - 2014

A Study of Spectrum of Childhood Eye Diseases, At A Tertiary Care Hospital in South India

Dr. Rajakumar Pasam, Dr. Udaykumar

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BACKGROUND: Eye diseases are important cause of medical consultation in children, with the spectrum varying in different localities. This study aimed to determine the spectrum of childhood eye diseases in a tertiary hospital serving rural and semi–rural communities. METHODS: All patients aged 15years and younger who presented to the ophthalmic O.P, GGH, Guntur. A.P, India, between November 2006 and December 2008 are evaluated prospectively.RESULTS: A total of 5977 children attended the Ophthalmic O.P constituting 17.4% of total cases, which is 34,340. There are 53.12% males and 46.8% females, resulting in male : female ratio of 1.1: 1. The highest frequency is recorded among school going children.ie, between 6–10 years, constituting 39.3% of the patients. In the present study, the most common category of diseases is of refractive errors, constituting 20.3% of total cases, followed by the diseases of the conjunctiva (12.7%). Rarely, tumors of the eye are identified as a cause of blindness, constituting 1% of total cases.CONCLUSION: Appropriate health education and school health programs to detect refractive errors are very essential and therefore prevent poor performance in school.Ocular infections need prompt and adequate management to ing symptoms under control and prevent potentially blinding complications. 

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Dr. RajaKumar Pasam, Dr. UdayKumar /A Study of Spectrum of Childhood Eye Diseases, At A Tertiary Care Hospital in South India /International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.3, Issue. 5, May 2014

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