Clinical Profile of Amblyopia in Young Adults

Abstract

Aim: To study clinical profile of amblyopic patients in relation to refractive status, socio economic status, use of glasses and social impact on society. Results: Myopes improving with spectacles are 45% and mixed astigmatism 69%. Most common age group for detection of amblyopia in young adults is 21-30 years(47.1%) with predominance of female(55.7%) belonging from middle class families (81.4%) having studied mostly from Government Marathi medium school(45.7%) with previously not using given glasses(57.1%) and with taken amblyopia of only (7.1%) and with spectacles maximum correction with mixed astigmatism (54.2%) between 6/36-6/9 in right eye (43%) and in left eye (30%) . Hypermetropies’ improving to 6/12 is only 13%. So there’s very few cases improving with the spectacles in hypermetropes in amblyopia. Interpretation: Lack of school screening programs and awareness for health check-up delays the diagnosis of amblyopia leading to non-improvement of vision and due to lack of knowledge and social stigma girls especially avoid wearing glasses even after prescribing leading to amblyopia. Conclusion: School health camps, proper health education, timely examination, and proper use of spectacles is must.