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Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population
PURPOSE: To assess the comorbidity of dry eye syndrome (DES) and changes in corneal curvature in children with allergies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective, comparative, and observational interventional study included 49 patients, who presented to the Ophthalmology Clinic of a State Hospital i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692719 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.167814 |
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author | Akil, Handan Celik, Fatih Ulas, Fatih Kara, Ilknur Surucu |
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description | PURPOSE: To assess the comorbidity of dry eye syndrome (DES) and changes in corneal curvature in children with allergies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective, comparative, and observational interventional study included 49 patients, who presented to the Ophthalmology Clinic of a State Hospital in Turkey. There were 25 patients with clinically diagnosed seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (AC) (with complaints of itching and papilla formation of conjunctiva; AC group) and 24 healthy children (control group). There with no significant differences in age between groups. Using the ocular surface disease index (OSDI) questionnaire, we performed tear film break-up time (BUT), central reflex tear meniscus height (TMH-R) measurement, Schirmer test on both groups and evaluated keratometry (K1, K2) and spherical equivalent (SE). RESULTS: Patients ranged in age from 6 to 18 years (median age, 11.79 years; 46.9% male; 53.1% female). The papillary reaction was severe in 10% of patients with AC. The prevalence of dry eye in children with AC was 12%. There was no statistically significant difference between groups for K1, K2, and SE (P > 0.05, all comparisons). BUT was statistically different (P = 0.004) between groups, indicating that a higher OSDI the tear film BUT was lower (ρ = 0.567). Statistically, significant negative moderate correlations were found between papillary reaction and the Schirmer test, BUT, and TMH-R (ρ = 0.454, −0.412, −0.419, and P = 0.001, 0.003, 0.002, respectively) CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation of pediatric patients with AC requires further attention to ensure an adequate diagnosis of DES. |
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spelling | pubmed-46605342015-12-11 Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population Akil, Handan Celik, Fatih Ulas, Fatih Kara, Ilknur Surucu Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol Original Article PURPOSE: To assess the comorbidity of dry eye syndrome (DES) and changes in corneal curvature in children with allergies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective, comparative, and observational interventional study included 49 patients, who presented to the Ophthalmology Clinic of a State Hospital in Turkey. There were 25 patients with clinically diagnosed seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (AC) (with complaints of itching and papilla formation of conjunctiva; AC group) and 24 healthy children (control group). There with no significant differences in age between groups. Using the ocular surface disease index (OSDI) questionnaire, we performed tear film break-up time (BUT), central reflex tear meniscus height (TMH-R) measurement, Schirmer test on both groups and evaluated keratometry (K1, K2) and spherical equivalent (SE). RESULTS: Patients ranged in age from 6 to 18 years (median age, 11.79 years; 46.9% male; 53.1% female). The papillary reaction was severe in 10% of patients with AC. The prevalence of dry eye in children with AC was 12%. There was no statistically significant difference between groups for K1, K2, and SE (P > 0.05, all comparisons). BUT was statistically different (P = 0.004) between groups, indicating that a higher OSDI the tear film BUT was lower (ρ = 0.567). Statistically, significant negative moderate correlations were found between papillary reaction and the Schirmer test, BUT, and TMH-R (ρ = 0.454, −0.412, −0.419, and P = 0.001, 0.003, 0.002, respectively) CONCLUSIONS: The evaluation of pediatric patients with AC requires further attention to ensure an adequate diagnosis of DES. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4660534/ /pubmed/26692719 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.167814 Text en Copyright: © Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Akil, Handan Celik, Fatih Ulas, Fatih Kara, Ilknur Surucu Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population |
title | Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population |
title_full | Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population |
title_fullStr | Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population |
title_full_unstemmed | Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population |
title_short | Dry Eye Syndrome and Allergic Conjunctivitis in the Pediatric Population |
title_sort | dry eye syndrome and allergic conjunctivitis in the pediatric population |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660534/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692719 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.167814 |
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