TY  - JOUR
T1  - Common Ocular Problems in Aba Metropolis of Abia State, Eastern Nigeria
AU - , A.N. Amadi AU - , B.O. Nwankwo AU - , A.I. Ibe AU - , U.M. Chukwuocha AU - , K.S. Nwoga AU - , N.C. Oguejiofor AU - , G.U.P. Iloh 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 32
EP  - 35
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2009.32.35
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2009.32.35
KW  - Ocular
KW  -patients
KW  -eye care
KW  -eye problems
KW  -hospital
KW  -Aba
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - To study the distribution of common ocular problems of patients who reported for eye care in 2 randomly selected hospitals in Aba, Nigeria. A retrospective study of clinical records of 949 patients comprising of 515 female (54.3%) and 434 males (45.7%) were reviewed. Information extracted includes age and sex of patients, their ocular health status and diagnosis made. Age of subjects ranges from 2 months to 90 years with peak age from 15-65 years. Two hundred and sixteen patients (27.5%) had presbyopia, 109 (11.5%) had various types of conjunctivitis (especially bacterial, allergic and vernal conjunctivitis), 121 (12.2%) were hyperopic, 45 (4.7%) had cataract, while 40 (4.2%) suffered from glaucoma either binocularly or monocularly, 39 patients (4.1%) were myopic. Other minor ocular problems such as ocular hypertension and retinitis pigmentosa (2.2%) were also recorded. Refractive errors like presbyopia and hyperopia were the common refractive (non-pathologic) ocular problems while conjunctivitis, cataract and glaucoma were common, non-refractive (pathologic) ocular problem observed in Aba metropolis. Therefore, intervention programmes to alleviate these public health problems are expedient in the state, mostly in the studied population.
ER  -