Volume : VIII, Issue : XI, November - 2019

ANALYSIS OF VISUAL ACUITY DISORDERS IN MALNOURISHED CHILDREN

R Vishal Kumar, Dr. C. Xavier Jayaseelan

Abstract :

Introduction Malnutrition has been one of the biggest problems to pediatric health in india for a long time now. Despite the advancement of modern medicine and healthcare in india, the problem still persists even today. Infact a third of the worlds malnourished population live in india. Despite the no of undetakings by the governmet and ngos to reduce malnutrition, malnutrtion is still a problem. The main problem to tackle with malnutrition other than mortality is stunted growth & the vareity of symptoms and diseases it causes. One such symptom and its correlation with malnutrition is the subject of our study i.e visual acuity. Vision is one of the most important senses man has in his arsenal. But to a child it is an important tool for understanding and viewing the world around him. The sense of sight is an important catalyst for a child’s development. The absence or impairment of sight if not corrected can drastically alter the psychosocial composistion of a child. Materials and methods Study was conducted on 70 malnourished children in thhe department of ophthalmology of saveetha medical college during may 2019 to october 2019. This was a cross sectional, non comparitive type of study. The visual acuity of the children was tested using snellens chart. The results obtained were evaluated and tabulated. Results Criteria for visual standards in accordance to international coucil of ophthalmology(ICO) 30th world ophthakmology congress, azil, 2006(4). Total 70 children were examined.  

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ANALYSIS OF VISUAL ACUITY DISORDERS IN MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, R Vishal Kumar, Dr.C.Xavier Jayaseelan PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-11 | November-2019

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