Abstract
The Incidence of Dry Eye Disease Related to Long Term Diabetes Mellitus Tip 2
Highlights
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or use insulin effectively to control blood sugar levels
From our research the results are as follows. 64 patients were diagnosed with Dry Eye Syndrome of varying degrees from mild to very severe according to OSDI questionnaire, 28 male / 36 female
The diagnosis was made by having two or more positive tests performed as mentioned above and patient’s complaints. At those subjects diagnosed with Dry Eye Syndrome (DES), 5 patients represent pinpoint corneal dye with fluorosceini (SPK), 8 of them where positive to corneal cotton swab test, 16 of them resulted positive to Schirmer test less than 10 mm in 5 min, of them was showing TBUT test less than 9 sec, presence of positive tear meniscus was seen in patients, Rose Bengal staining of conjunctiva was detected in 6 patients, Meiboimian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) was noticed at 12 subjects
Summary
Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce or use insulin effectively to control blood sugar (glucose) levels. DM is a chronic metabolic disorder usually genetic [1,2]. The global diabetes mellitus evidence predicts that 6.4 % of the world population are affecting 286 million adults in 2010 by 2030 is predicted to increase about 7.6 % affecting about 439 million of adults [2]. People with diabetes frequently develop dry eye syndrome [3]. It is estimated that over 50% of people with type 2 diabetes have dry eye [4]. Patients will complain of eye irritation, excessive tearing, fatigue, red eye, gritty sensation, increased watering of the eyes, dryness and blurred vision [5,6]
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