Pattern of Pediatric Eye Diseases

Abstract

Purpose: To assess the pattern of common eye diseases in pediatric population
of Bahawalpur.
Material and Methods: Total 1000 children coming to outpatient Department of
Ophthalmology, Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur over a period of two
months from 1st June 2014 to 31st July 2014, with age ? 16 years were included
in this study.
Results: Mean age of the patients was 9.51 ± 4.8 years. Out of 1000 patients
483 (48.3%) patients were males and 517 (51.7%) patients were females. Most
of the patients 455 (45.5%) belonged to age group 9-12 years. Most common
disorder was refractive errors 322 (32.2%) followed by congenital cataract 231
(23.1%), VKC 219 (21.9%) and squint 124 (12.4%).
Conclusion: Male and female children were almost equally affected with ocular
disorder and refractive error was the most common disorder in this study.
Key Words: Ophthalmology, consanguineous marriages, congenital, childhood
blindness, refractive errors.