Patterns of Cataract in Patients Reporting to Christian Hospital, Taxila, Pakistan by Arnold Rafiq in BJSTR
Abstract
Introduction: Cataract is cause of blindness in about 5% of the population in America and twenty million throughout the world. There are
many reasons behind it and they can be controlled at the early age to prevent blindness at the old age.
Objectives: The main purpose of this dissertation was to study patterns of cataract in patients reporting to Christian Hospital, Taxila.
Methodology: The data was collected through self-designed questionnaire.
Results: Patients reporting to Christian Hospital, Taxila who
were diagnosed cataract were approached and asked questions about
cataract,
their medical history and difficulty they were facing due to this
illness. Data from 120 persons was collected. 47.5% of the respondents
came
due to poor vision in left eye. 7.5% of the respondents had poor vision
of both eyes. 59.17% of the respondents had history of hypertension,
51.67% had history of diabetes, 17.50 % had history of obesity. 55% of
the respondents had history of smoking, all of them were males. 4.2% of
the respondents were using statins. 4.2% of the respondents had previous
eye injury and 17.5% of the respondents had previous eye surgery
and 18.3% of the respondents had family history of cataract. Majority
was facing this situation about 1-3 years before. 84.2% of the
respondents
had age related cataract and 9.2% of the respondents had previous eye
injury.
Conclusion: In the present study most of the respondents were suffering from age related cataract. Nuclear cataract was more prevalent
among th
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