A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEAR FILM ABNORMALITIES AFTER SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY IN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS

T.R.Anuradha; Aparna R

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TEAR FILM ABNORMALITIES AFTER SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY IN DIABETIC AND NON-DIABETIC PATIENTS

T. R. Anuradha, Aparna R

Abstract :

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder where there is high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. The onset of cataract in diabetes patients develops earlier compared to general population and also have more chance of post operative complications. We aim to study the prevalence of dry eye in diabetic patients postoperatively and the course of the disease in them in this study. Tear film assessment was done for 60 diabetic cataract patients preoperatively and was repeated at 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months postoperatively. These values were compared with values of 70 age matched controls. Tear film abnormalities are seen transiently in the immediate postoperative period and these patients restore the postoperative values by 3 months. Diabetic patients restore the preoperative values more slowly when compared to non–diabetic patients. Therefore careful tear film assessment should be done in all diabetic patients