Authors : A.N. Amadi , B.O. Nwankwo , A.I. Ibe , U.M. Chukwuocha , K.S. Nwoga , N.C. Oguejiofor and G.U.P. Iloh
Abstract: 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.
A.N. Amadi , B.O. Nwankwo , A.I. Ibe , U.M. Chukwuocha , K.S. Nwoga , N.C. Oguejiofor and G.U.P. Iloh , 2009. Common Ocular Problems in Aba Metropolis of Abia State, Eastern Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 6: 32-35.