ResearcherID - CLICK HERE Scientific Journal Impact Factor (SJIF-2020) - CLICK HERE

TITLE:

COMPARISON OF DRY EYE SYNDROME IN TYPE-II DIABETICS WITH AND WITHOUT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY

AUTHORS:

Dr. Manzoor Hussain Malik, Dr. Rehan Moinuddin Shaikh, Dr. Muhammad Khalid

ABSTRACT:

Objective: To compare the dry eye syndrome in type-II diabetics with and without diabetic retinopathy. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Department of Ophthalmology, Al-Shifa Hospital, Bahawalpur from March 2018 to September 2018 over the period of 6 months. Total 60 patients with diabetes mellitus (30 patients with retinopathy and 30 without retinopathy) having age ≥35 years either male or female attending OPD were selected for this study. Dry eye syndrome was compared between the two groups. Results: Total 60 diabetics were selected for this study. Mean age of the patients was 54.03 ± 7.89 with age range 35-76 years. Male patients were 26 (43.3%) and female patients were 34 (56.7%). Several symptoms of dry eye syndrome were noted in patients and scored according to the McMonnie’s Dry Eye Qestionnaire. The most common symptom reported was foreign body sensation (96.7%). Most of the symptoms of dry eye except itching was found significantly (p<0.005) more common in patients with diabetic retinopathy as compared to patients without diabetic retinopathy. Conclusion: Dry eye syndrome must be diagnosed in diabetic patients. Periodic screening of diabetic patients should be carried out to evaluate diabetic retinopathy and its complications. Keywords: Dry eye syndrome, Diabetic retinopathy, Schirmer’s BST, TBUT

FULL TEXT

Top
  • Follows us on
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.