A Prospective Study of Changes in the Refractive System of Eye during Pregnancy
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Pregnancy affects every system of the body with the ocular structures bearing no exception. Ocular changes can be physiologic, pathologic or as a modification of pre-existing condition. Aim and Objectives: The aim was to study the physiological variations in refractive status and keratometry of eye during the three trimesters of pregnancy. Methods: 60 pregnant females with no ocular and systemic co-morbidities visiting the Obstetrics out-patient department at Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur were examined for visual acuity for distance and near, objective & subjective refraction and keratometry through the three trimesters from January 2016 – March 2017. Results: In this study of 60 pregnant females, myopic shift was seen in 65% cases, near vision were unaffected, new or change in glass prescription needed in 16.67% and corneal steepening observed in 63.33%. Conclusion: Physiological changes of pregnancy in the eye are mostly subtle, asymptomatic, transient, and harmless and expected to return to pre-pregnant state after delivery or cessation of breastfeeding. But they come to aid in a fraction of the symptomatic patients with asthenopia and blurred vision, to reassure the patients, identify and relieve them from non-specific, unexplained headaches, eye fatigue and in postponing refractive surgeries.
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Kalaiselvi Balasubramanian, Sangamithira Mathiyalagan, Gayatri Nagarajan
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