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Dust exposure: a novel environmental risk factor for conjunctivochalasis?

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship between clinical symptoms and findings of patients diagnosed with conjunctivochalasis in our clinic and the risk factors reported in the literature, to determine new possible etiological factors, and to compare routine tear assessment methods...

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Autores principales: Katipoğlu, Zeynep, Zengin, Nazmi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34263137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25158414211027757
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship between clinical symptoms and findings of patients diagnosed with conjunctivochalasis in our clinic and the risk factors reported in the literature, to determine new possible etiological factors, and to compare routine tear assessment methods with novel strip meniscometry in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included patients who presented to our clinic between March 2019 and June 2019 and were diagnosed with conjunctivochalasis. The Ocular Surface Disease Index was used to assess ocular surface symptoms. Anterior segment examination included tear break-up time, corneal staining, localization of conjunctivochalasis, and the presence of pinguecula or pterygium. For each patient, tears were measured using both Schirmer and strip meniscometry. Patients with conjunctivochalasis were evaluated as lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade 1, 2, or 3. RESULTS: There was a total of 57 participants, including 31 women (54.4%) and 26 men (45.6%). Lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade was found to be statistically significantly associated with dust exposure (p = 0.034). Multiple regression analysis revealed that dust exposure was an independent predictor of being diagnosed with lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade 2 versus lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade 1 (odds ratio = 3.515, p = 0.029). Moreover, Schirmer’s test and strip meniscometry results were positively correlated in patients with conjunctivochalasis (r = 0.302 and p = 0.022). CONCLUSION: We conclude that external factors are prominent in patients with conjunctivochalasis, especially dust exposure. In addition, strip meniscometry may be preferred as a more practical and noninvasive alternative to investigate dry eye symptoms in patients with conjunctivochalasis.
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spelling pubmed-82523392021-07-13 Dust exposure: a novel environmental risk factor for conjunctivochalasis? Katipoğlu, Zeynep Zengin, Nazmi Ther Adv Ophthalmol Original Research OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship between clinical symptoms and findings of patients diagnosed with conjunctivochalasis in our clinic and the risk factors reported in the literature, to determine new possible etiological factors, and to compare routine tear assessment methods with novel strip meniscometry in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included patients who presented to our clinic between March 2019 and June 2019 and were diagnosed with conjunctivochalasis. The Ocular Surface Disease Index was used to assess ocular surface symptoms. Anterior segment examination included tear break-up time, corneal staining, localization of conjunctivochalasis, and the presence of pinguecula or pterygium. For each patient, tears were measured using both Schirmer and strip meniscometry. Patients with conjunctivochalasis were evaluated as lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade 1, 2, or 3. RESULTS: There was a total of 57 participants, including 31 women (54.4%) and 26 men (45.6%). Lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade was found to be statistically significantly associated with dust exposure (p = 0.034). Multiple regression analysis revealed that dust exposure was an independent predictor of being diagnosed with lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade 2 versus lid-parallel conjunctival folds grade 1 (odds ratio = 3.515, p = 0.029). Moreover, Schirmer’s test and strip meniscometry results were positively correlated in patients with conjunctivochalasis (r = 0.302 and p = 0.022). CONCLUSION: We conclude that external factors are prominent in patients with conjunctivochalasis, especially dust exposure. In addition, strip meniscometry may be preferred as a more practical and noninvasive alternative to investigate dry eye symptoms in patients with conjunctivochalasis. SAGE Publications 2021-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8252339/ /pubmed/34263137 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25158414211027757 Text en © The Author(s), 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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title_full_unstemmed Dust exposure: a novel environmental risk factor for conjunctivochalasis?
title_short Dust exposure: a novel environmental risk factor for conjunctivochalasis?
title_sort dust exposure: a novel environmental risk factor for conjunctivochalasis?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8252339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34263137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/25158414211027757
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