A study of clinical profile and factors associated with uveitis at tertiary health care center
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2015, Vol 14, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Uveitis is a relatively common eye disease and one of the most important causes for visual impairment throughout the world. Aims and Objectives: To Study clinical profile and factors associated with Uveitis at tertiary health care center. Methodology: This was cross-sectional study at the Ophthalmology Department of Tertiary health care center in the Patients of Uveitis. All the Patients during the year 2014 with the diagnosis of Uveitis were included into the study. Ophthalmic examinations and necessary laboratory tests were done for the confirmation of diagnosis and etiology also necessary demographic and risk factor history was taken. In the study duration there were 138 patients enrolled into the study. Result: Majority of the patients were in the age group of 30-40 i.e. 26.81% followed by 40-50-20.28%; in 20-30 -19.56%; 10-20- 17.39% and in >50 were 12.31% and in <10 were 3.62%. The majority of the Patients were Females i.e. 56.52% and Males were 43.47%. Most common type was Anterior Uveitis in 59.42% (Its etiology were Idiopathic iridocyclitis-16.67%; Glaucomatocyclitic crisis -13.76%; Traumatic iridocyclitis-7.97% etc.) followed by Posterior Uveitis having etiology of Toxoplasmosis i.e. 2.17%, Associated with JRH- -2.17%, etc. Last was Intermediate Uveitis with etiology of Idiopathic in 1.44% followed and TB in 1.44%.etc. Conclusion: It can concluded from our study that in Uveitis most common affected age was young age and common in females. Among types Anterior uveitis wasmost common followed by posterior uveitis and intermediate uveitis was least common. The risk factors associated in our study were H/o Diabetes, Smoking, mmunocompromised Disease, Cataract, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Psoriasis, TB etc.
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Vijay Kumar Srivastava, Garima Yadav
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