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Category: Volume 07 Issue 04 April 2019
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Title: Vector-Borne Viral Fevers and Eye: An Observational Study on Ocular Manifestations

Authors: Prateek Koul, Vijayta Gupta

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i4.194

Abstract

Aims: To study the pattern of ocular manifestations in vector borne viral fever cases admitted in a tertiary care hospital.

Study Design:  Descriptive observational case series study.

Place and Duration of Study: Department of Ophthalmology and Medicine VCGS Government Medical College, Srinagar, Uttarakhand between March 2018 to October 2018.

Methodology: Fifty patients admitted in medical wards having clinical features of chikungunya and dengue with serological confirmation during the peak season of viral infections between March 2018 and October 2018 were included in this study. They were subjected to ophthalmological evaluation and investigations.

Results: The eye complications recorded in these patients were periorbital ecchymosis, conjunctivitis, subconjuctival, hemorrhage, episcleritis, scleritis, anterior uveitis, posterior uveitis, retinal vasculitis, macular edema. These patients were having significant thrombocytopenia and leucopenia. Visual prognosis was good with treatment.

Conclusion: Lot of patients in the study group had various ocular findings associated with these viral fevers.

Keywords: [Dengue, Chikungunya, Conjuctivitis, thrombocytopenia].

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Corresponding Author

Vijayta Gupta

Senior Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College Jammu