Ophthalmic complication of diabetes in community
- Author:
Tran Bich Dung
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes
- MeSH:
Diabetes Complications;
Eye;
complications
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;439(1):7-9
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From June 2001 to September 2001, 72 patients with diabetes in 20 communes Gia Lam, Soc Son and Dong Da District were enrolled in the study.
The common complications reported are loss of visual capacity <8/10 (76.39%), pathology of retina (59.72%), cataract (58.33%), choroiditis (5.56%), conjunctivitis (4.17%). Pathology of retina, cataract are most common in male than in female patients, but choroditis and conjunctivitis in female than in male. The older age, and later diagnosis the more rate of complication in retina and in visual capacity, the same
