Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Albinism comes from the Latin albus, which meaning white, and is a group of hereditary disorders in which the biosynthesis of the pigment melanin is absent or reduced. Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a heterogeneous and autosomal recessive disorder that involves a lack of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes and is accompanied by optic defects such as photophobia, strabismus, poor vision and nystagmus. This was a cross sectional descriptive community based study conducted at tertiary care hospital at Western Uttar Pradesh. The department of opthalmology collected 50 people accepting enrollment. The diagnostic criteria for OCA were presence of iris transillumination, retinal hypopigmentation and depigmentation of the skin, hair, and nails. Hundred patients with OCA were included, mean age 20 years with 60 (60%) male and 40 (40%). The largest proportions of participants (40%) were between16 and 25 years. Using world health organization classification based on best corrected distance visual acuity, 8‐70%, 15‐7% of 100 eyes had normal vision, moderate VI, severe VI and blindness respectively. Conclusion: There is high prevalence of refractive, non‐refractive and mixed ophthalmic disorders among albinos. There was significant improvement in visual acuity and function following optical correction and alignment in people with albinism, despite overall subnormal acuity. Refractive correction should be encouraged for people with albinism.
How to cite this article:
Sanjeev Rohatgi and Shalini Rohatgi. Effectiveness of Refractive Error Correction for People with Oculocutaneous Albinism in Western
India.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2010.362.365
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2010.362.365