Retinal Changes in Cerebral Malaria among Sudanese patient in Khartoum State, Sudan 2019

Abstract

Introduction: It is thought that Malaria parasites live in red blood cells and make them stick to the inside of small blood vessels, particularly in the brain and also the eye. The light-sensitive tissue in the eye is also affected because the parasites disrupt the supply of oxygen and nutrients These changes, known as malarial retinopathy, include white, opaque patches, whitening of the infected blood vessels, bleeding into the retina and swelling of the optic nerve. Objectives: Our study was aimed to demonstrate malarial retinopathy in patients presented with neurological manifestations of malaria. Methodology: A cross-sectional Hospital based study included all patients with malaria seen during the period between 1-1-2019 and 25-4-2019