Volume : V, Issue : XII, December - 2016

STUDY OF OCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HIV INFECTION AND AIDS.

Dr Darshana Rathod, Dr Sujit Murade, Dr Hemkala Trivedi

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 Study of ocular complications in 300 patients suffering from Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) infection and Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS). AIM:1)To determine the frequency of different ocular complications in HIV infected patients. 2)To study the ocular manifestations occurring in seropositive HIV patients & their progress and severity. 3) To determine percentage of patients presenting primarily with ocular manifestations and the stage of HIV in which ocular manifestations occur. METHOD: ?is study was conducted on 300 patients, who attended the Ophthalmic Out Patient Department, and the AIDS clinic conducted at the Skin & STD outpatients service or were admitted in the teaching hospital. RESULT: Significant ocular abnormalities were found in 54(18%) patients of the 300 patients included in the study. Ocular complications are common in AIDS and AIDS related complex patients compared to HIV infected patients. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus, HIV retinopathy and CytoMegaloVirus Retinitis are the commonest complication. CONCLUSION: Vision threatening diseases are usually among the later manifestations of AIDS but ocular problems may be the presenting features of the disease and the ophthalmologist is responsible for intiating the diagnosis. Early and accurate diagnosis of ophthalmic disease is critical, because, not only may the lesions be an early marker for potentially life threatening disseminated diseases, but preservation of sight requires immediate treatement in many cases

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Dr Darshana Rathod, Dr Sujit Murade, Dr Hemkala Trivedi, STUDY OF OCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HIV INFECTION AND AIDS., International Journal of Scientific Research, Volume : 5 | Issue : 12 |December 2016

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