Abstract

Purpose: To analyse the ocular effects of long term use of corticosteroids by various routes of administration for several disorders treated in a tertiary care hospital.1.To study the prevalence of the ocular effects of long term use of corticosteroids in various diseases.2.To emphasis the importance of regular ocular examination for the patients on long term steroid therapy. methods : A cross-sectional study involving 100 patients on long-term use of corticosteroids effects. Results-Overall 50.4% group found with lens opacities, 39.1% had elevated IOP, 6.5% had elevated IOP with disc and visual field defects and 1.7% had CSCR. The prevalence of lens opacities showed significant association with all routes of steroid intake, duration of the therapy and dose of the drug. The prevalence of elevated IOP showed significant association with the dosage of topical, topical with sub-tenon and inhalational steroids and no significance with oral and external steroids dose.