A Study of profile of glaucoma in eastern UP

Profile of Patients of Glaucoma in Jammu Province (A Hospital Based Study)

“…9 Yadav RS et al in their study found primary angle closure glaucoma is more common (44.5%). 2 Palimker A et al in their study showed the prevalence of glaucoma was 3.68% in district of Chhattisgarh. The percentage of primary open angle glaucoma was 13.1%, primary angle closure glaucoma was 21.29%, secondary glaucoma was 21.2%, ocular hypertension was14.5%.…”

“…5 Yadav RS et al in a study of 193 patients found that 106(54.9%) were males and 87 (45.07%) were females. 2 Total of 139 patients were from rural area in the present study. This might be due to reason that many patients from urban area may visit private practitioner during evening hours whereas patients coming from rural far flung area has to go back so came GMC, so that they should be checked early.…”

“…Glaucoma cause irreversible blindness by causing permanent optic nerve damage. 2 Table no.1 shows out of total 200 patients maximum number i.e.128 were seen in age group of ≥50yrs followed by 60 in 41-50 yrs. Males i.e.…”

“…after 50years. 2 The prevalence of angle closure glaucoma increases substantially with age as lens thickness increases with age and may be an important explanation for the progressive shallowing of the anterior chamber and increased prevalence of PACG observed in older age groups. 8 Srivastava VK in his study showed that majority of the patients were having open angle glaucoma (64.06%); 35.95% cases had narrow angle/ angle closure.…”

“…Optic nerve damage is irreversible and it is imperative to detect glaucoma early so that visual morbidity can be avoided. 2 About 50-90% of the glaucoma cases remain undiagnosed whereas majority of cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage of the disease. One of the probable reason for the late presentation which significantly increase the risk of glaucoma blindness is the lack of awareness about glaucoma.…”