A CLINICAL STUDY ON CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS AND MANAGEMENT OF HEADACHE IN PATIENTS ATTENDING OPHTHALMOLOGY OPD AT AN APEX EYE HOSPITAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 79
Abstract
BACKGROUND Headache is one of the common complaints in patients attending ophthalmic OPD. Stressful lifestyles with demanding studies and jobs require a lot of visual and mental focus. This aggravates eye strain in individuals resulting in various types of headache disorders. There are several other ophthalmic and non-ophthalmic causes of headache. The objective of this study was to evaluate causes, characteristics and management of headache in ophthalmological perspective. MATERIALS AND METHODS 500 patients with headache attending Government Regional Eye Hospital, Visakhapatnam, were clinically examined. The cause, characteristics and management of headache was analysed. RESULTS A majority (75%) of the patients with headache were diagnosed to have asthenopia attributed to refractory errors. Fasih U, et al in their study obtained similar results. 1 Other major causes were glaucoma and eye infections. CONCLUSION The most common cause of headache is refractive error, which if managed appropriately relieves patients of symptoms efficiently.
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Rajiv Krishna K. S
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