Abstract

STUDY DESIGN:CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF 54 CASES OF ANTERIOR UVEITIS IN A TERITIARY CARE CENTRE OVER 6 MONTHS. PURPOSE:TO STUDY ETIOLOGY OF ANTERIOR UVEITIS AND TO DETERMINE THE PATTERN OF DISTRIBUTION WITH AGE,GENDER, ONSET AND TYPE.INCLUDED ALL CASES OF ANTERIOR UVEITIS.
METHOD:AFTER OBTAINING INFORMED CONSENT,DETAILED HISTORY REGARDING ONSET,PROGRESSION AND ETIOLOGIES ASSOCIATED ELICITED.AFTER CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND RELAVENT BLOOD INVESTIGATIONS,CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS MADE AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT STARTED.
RESULTS:MALES>FEMALES;AVERAGE AGE:30-40YRS;ACUTE >CHRONIC; UNILATERAL>BILATERAL; ETIOLOGY:TRAUMATIC> IDIOPATHIC>INFECTIVE>AUTOIMMUNE RELATED.
CONCLUSION:FROM THE ABOVE STUDY,MALES ARE MORE AFFECTED THAN FEMALES OF AVERAGE AGE 30-40 YRS WITH ACUTE ONSET SYMPTOMS UNILATERAL MORE THAN BILATERAL;MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ANTERIOR UVEITIS WERE DUE TO TRAUMA(70%), FOLLOWED BY IDIOPATHIC(20%),INFECTIVE (6%) AND AUTOIMMUNE RELATED(4%).CAUSES OF TRAUMA:RTA> ASSAULT>SPORTS INJURY>POST OPERATIVE CASES.

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