Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9570
ISSN: 2155-9570
Milan Rai
Dr. Om Parkash Eye Institute, Amritsar, India
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Purpose: To evaluate the visual and ocular conditions in asymptomatic patients.
Background: There is a trend of having ophthalmic eye examinations only when the individuals perceive some
disturbances in their sight. The ways to ophthalmic centers are almost neglected by them until they feel that their
weak or decreased vision has started to interfere with their tasks. This trend is more common in developing nations.
The quality of life is greatly affected by the visual and ophthalmic conditions. The existence of some silent killer
diseases which do not show any symptoms but considerably decrease the vision and in some cases if remain untreated
will irreversibly damage the eye resulting in permanent loss of vision. In such circumstances, the comprehensive eye
examination can play preventive role in vision loss thereby screening such silent diseases. Diagnosis of some diseases
at advanced stage will just be an informative confirmation. In such cases, there is no alternative except to accept the
conditions. So, routine eye examinations are equally important for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.
Methodology: In our study, data of 150 asymptomatic patients who came for routine eye examination from
July 15 2018 to November 15 2018 were collected at the end of each day for 4 months from the Medical Record
Department of the Hospital. The data consisted of Medical Record Department Number of patient, age, gender,
complaints of patients, any ocular and systemic diseases history, previous glass prescription (spectacle wearer), and
its duration, visual acuity with PGP, unaided visual acuity, pinhole visual acuity, new prescription values, Diagnosis
and managements. The microsoft excel sheets of above mentioned information were formed.
Results: 22 were emmetropes. 110 patients out of 150 were found to have different types of refractive errors. 26
patients were found to have presbyopia. 12 patients were diagnosed with senile cataract. Non Proliferative Diabetic
Retinopathy (NPDR), Dry eye, Lagophthalmos, Nanophthalmos and Pseudophakia were diagnosed in 1, 2, 2, 1
and 10 patients respectively. The Phacoemulsification surgery was done in one patient. Lubricant eye drops were
prescribed in 2 patients and 80 patients were prescribed new glasses. 20 patients were advised for same treatment.
Conclusion: It is important for each asymptomatic individual to have routine eye examinations.
Milan Rai works at Dr. Om Parkash Eye Institute PVT LTD and Dr Om Parkash eye institute.He is working as an Intern Optometrist.
E-mail: raimilan054@gmail.com