A CLINICAL STUDY OF MYOPIA AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING KATURI MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL AND SANJEEVANI HOSPITAL, GUNTUR
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 10
Abstract
We have studied retrospectively a total of 650 cases of myopia among 3500 refractions done in Katuri medical college, Guntur and Sanjeevani hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. 10.1% of the patients of the patients attending Ophthalmic department of Katuri medical college and Sanjeevani hospital Guntur have refractory errors. Males are more affected than females. There is family incidence of myopia in 15%. About 86% of cases come with difficulty in seeing distant objects, and 12% with head ache. Highest diaptoric power of myopia recorded is -22D. Only a single case of retinal detachment was noted in our study.
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Nagasree D. V. C. , Vijayalakshmi G
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