A STUDY ON DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS AND ASSOCIATION OF FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTION WITH DIFFERENT MODES OF CORNEAL INJURIES

Dr Monika Mahilong, Dr M L Garg, Dr S Kujur

Abstract


In present study, 132 patients attending the Department of Ophthalmology, Pt. J. N. M. Medical College & Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Raipur during the period of 1year and 6 months, with corneal trauma by different kinds of vegetative and organic material, from November,2011 to April,2013. The study showed, maximum patients in middle decades with range of 21-50yrs. Most of the patients were males (69.30%) and belong to rural background (71.21%). The majority of patients (59.85%) were farmers or agricultural workers. Two peak Seasons were observed first October to march (62.88%) due to harvesting season and second in April to June (25.77%) due to summer vacation of school going children. The predominant traumatic agent in our study was paddy leaf injury (51.51%) and most of the patients after corneal trauma presented with corneal ulceration (75.76%).


Keywords


Corneal Injuries, Demographic determinants

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