2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2006.00569.x
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Refractive issues in pregnancy

Abstract: Pregnancy is known to cause refractive changes as a result of various hormonal changes occurring during pregnancy. These changes may persist for a few weeks post-partum and during lactation. In this article we discuss various refractive issues in pregnancy that have an effect on contact lens use, myopia and the outcome of refractive surgery.

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“…Patients are made more uncomfortable by symptoms resulting from the reduced production of tear fluid. Lessened tear fluid, together with altered corneal curvature, increased corneal thickness, and influx of water into the lens, causes refractive changes toward the myopic range in about 14% of all pregnant women, as well as contact lens intolerance (2). For this reason, refractive surgery should not be performed during pregnancy or in the first year after delivery.…”
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“…Patients are made more uncomfortable by symptoms resulting from the reduced production of tear fluid. Lessened tear fluid, together with altered corneal curvature, increased corneal thickness, and influx of water into the lens, causes refractive changes toward the myopic range in about 14% of all pregnant women, as well as contact lens intolerance (2). For this reason, refractive surgery should not be performed during pregnancy or in the first year after delivery.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The few available epidemiologic studies of ocular changes in pregnancy have mainly concerned retinopathies (1) and refractive changes (2). Nearly all pregnant women have reactive changes of the retinal vessels (e1); clearly visible changes arise only in the setting of hypertension, pre-eclampsia, or eclampsia.…”
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“…Beides führt zusammen mit einer Veränderung der Hornhautkrümmung und der Zunahme der Hornhautdicke bei bis zu 14% der Patientinnen zu 7 Refraktionsschwankungen und bei 30% zu einer Unverträglichkeit von zuvor gut verträglichen Kontaktlinsen. Von refraktivchirurgischen Eingriffen sollte aus diesen Gründen während und bis 1 Jahr nach einer Schwangerschaft abgesehen werden [3]. Bei 3% aller Schwangeren findet man in der Schwangerschaft eine Pigmentierung der Hornhautrückfläche, die in der Literatur Krukenberg-Spindel genannt wird (.…”
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“…Es wurden aber über den Einstrom von Wasser ein 7 "myopic shift" von bis zu 1,25 dpt und Akkommodationsstörun-gen beschrieben [3].…”
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“…В этом случае следует обратить внимание на следующие аспек-ты. Чаще всего данные жалобы связаны с миопическим сдвигом рефракции, определяющимся приблизительно у 14% пациентов, который, в свою очередь, может быть вызван несколькими факторами [8]. Имеются сообще-ния об изменении кривизны хрусталика, которая может увеличиваться, что приводит к миопическому сдвигу рефракции [9].…”
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