The study of tear film function in Graves disease
- VernacularTitle:Graves病患者泪膜功能研究
- Author:
Huailin XIE
;
Yuhua LIN
;
Shanjie WANG
;
Yanhua JIANG
;
Shaojie ZENG
;
Huijuan LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Graves disease;
Xerophthalmia;
Tear film function
- From:
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
2008;31(15):10-12
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the tear fdm function with Graves disease.Methods Seven-ty-eight patients with Graves disease were studied respectiveIy,40 cases healthy person as contr01.Tear film function Was evaluated by tear break-up time(TBUT),Schirmer I test(SIT),corneal fluorescein staining,dry eye and unwell symptoms.Results The difference of TBUT and SIT resultsbetweenpatients and con-trois were significant(P＜0.05).The rate ofTBUT,corneal fluorescein staining and symptom ofdry eye in patients were significantly higher than those in controls.Conclusions Graves disease patients have higher rate of abnormal tear film function in comparison with controls.Graves disease are correlated with xerophthalmia.
