Bilateral Early Cataracts in Type 1 Diabetes

Pakhetra, R; Jyotsna, Viveka P

doi:10.1016/s0377-1237(09)80063-4

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“…From 1798, the year in which the first case of cataract in patients with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) was proposed, there have been many studies on the early development of cataract following IDDM (Malone, 1983(Malone, -1985. Although there is a proven relation between IDDM and cataract, acute development of bilateral cataract after diagnosis of diabetes mellitus is rare and there are few studies reporting such situation (Cornwell and Lepre, 1995;Datta et al, 1997;Montgomery and Batch, 1998;Florkowski et al, 2005;Awan et al, 2006;Costagliola et al, 2007;Wilson et al, 2007;Pakhetra and Jyotsna, 2009). In this study we report a case of acute bilateral vision loss which is very rare condition and was reported in fewer studies.…”

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Accelerated Bilateral Cataract Formation as a First Manifestation of Diabetes Mellitus

2013

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There is a proved relationship between diabetes mellitus and the cataract formation. The incidence of this is usually related to the duration of diabetes. In this manuscript we report a 15 years old female presented to the emergency room with a 4 hour history of rapid bilateral diminished vision, initially diagnosed with idiopathic cataracts, but after more laboratory evaluations revealed new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus without ketosis.

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“…This may be because individuals residing in rural areas are mostly agricultural labourers or construction workers leading to more exposure to the UV-rays and majority of the females in rural areas use cow-dung 11 and wood as cooking fuel which produce more smoke resulting in solidification of lens protein which may lead to cataract.…”

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Study of uncorrected refractory error, cataract and selected diseases of eye in urban and rural area near Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Raja¹,

Datta²,

Boratne³

et al. 2012

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INTRODUCTIONBlindness is not only a health problem but one of the most important social problems worldwide with enormous economic implications. The global burden of blind people will grow to 75 million by the year 2020 unless special efforts are taken.1 Every five seconds one person in the world goes blind and a child goes blind every minute.2 Diseases of the anterior segment like cataract, refractory error and corneal opacity are the leading causes of blindness in the world and the most common causes of preventable blindness in India. 3Cataract was identified as the top most cause of preventable blindness in more than 70% of the cases in India, 3,4 next is the refractory error which ranks the second important cause of preventable blindness in India, especially in rural areas. 5 In India there are an estimated 12 million blind people, of which over 90% live in rural areas.Background: Uncorrected refractory error and cataract are leading causes of preventable blindness in India. Objectives: To estimate prevalence and risk factors associated with uncorrected refractory error, cataract and selected eye diseases in urban and rural area near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in urban and rural areas near Chennai during May-August 2009. EPI 30-cluster sampling method was used and individuals in age group 5-70 years were selected with 450 subjects in both areas. Detail ophthalmic examination was done and socio-economic history for risk factors was obtained by trained interviewer. Data was analysed using SPSS version 15.0 software. To compare data sets chi-square test was used and Odds ratios calculated to assess association of risk factor. Results: 33.3% of the rural population had uncorrected refractory error as compared to 22.2% urban population (p<0.001); 24.2% rural population were having cataract compared to 13.1% urban population (p<0.001). Prevalence of pterygium and external hordeolum were 3% and 1% among total study population. Prevalence of internal hordeolum, corneal opacity and blepharitis were less than 1%. Subjects residing in rural area with low standard of living and using wood or cow-dung as cooking fuel were at significant higher risk of developing cataract (OR:2.43 and 2.88 respectively). They were also at significant higher risk of having refractory error (OR: 2.35 for low standard of living and 2.08 for wood or cow-dung as cooking fuel). Conclusion: Prevalence of uncorrected refractory error and cataract was high especially in rural area in the present study.

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“…A statistically significant association was found between low standard of living and wood or cow-dung fuel with cataract and refractory error in the present study, particularly in rural area. This may be because individuals residing in rural areas are mostly agricultural labourers or construction workers leading to more exposure to the UV-rays and majority of the females in rural areas use cow-dung 11 and wood as cooking fuel which produce more smoke resulting in solidification of lens protein which may lead to cataract.…”

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confidence: 99%

Study of uncorrected refractory error, cataract and selected diseases of eye in urban and rural area near Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Raja¹,

Datta

Boratne

et al. 2012

Int J Med Public Health

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Background: Uncorrected refractory error and cataract are leading causes of preventable blindness in India. Objectives: To estimate prevalence and risk factors associated with uncorrected refractory error, cataract and selected eye diseases in urban and rural area near Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Methods: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in urban and rural areas near Chennai during May-August 2009. EPI 30-cluster sampling method was used and individuals in age group 5-70 years were selected with 450 subjects in both areas. Detail ophthalmic examination was done and socioeconomic history for risk factors was obtained by trained interviewer. Data was analysed using SPSS version 15.0 software. To compare data sets chi-square test was used and Odds ratios calculated to assess association of risk factor. Results: 33.3% of the rural population had uncorrected refractory error as compared to 22.2% urban population (p<0.001); 24.2% rural population were having cataract compared to 13.1% urban population (p<0.001). Prevalence of pterygium and external hordeolum were 3% and 1% among total study population. Prevalence of internal hordeolum, corneal opacity and blepharitis were less than 1%. Subjects residing in rural area with low standard of living and using wood or cow-dung as cooking fuel were at significant higher risk of developing cataract (OR:2.43 and 2.88 respectively). They were also at significant higher risk of having refractory error (OR: 2.35 for low standard of living and 2.08 for wood or cow-dung as cooking fuel). Conclusion: Prevalence of uncorrected refractory error and cataract was high especially in rural area in the present study.

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Bilateral Early Cataracts in Type 1 Diabetes

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Accelerated Bilateral Cataract Formation as a First Manifestation of Diabetes Mellitus

Accelerated Bilateral Cataract Formation as a First Manifestation of Diabetes Mellitus

Study of uncorrected refractory error, cataract and selected diseases of eye in urban and rural area near Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Study of uncorrected refractory error, cataract and selected diseases of eye in urban and rural area near Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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