Prevalence of Vernal Kerato-Conjunctivitis at a Tertiary Health Care Centre in Eastern Region of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Purpose: To study the prevalence of vernal keratoconjunctivitis at a tertiary health care centre and its seasonal variation in Eastern region of Uttar Pradesh

Methods: It is a tertiary care centre based cross sectional study where 100 cases of vernal keratoconjunctivitis in age group 5-18 years were selected from the patients presenting to the ophthalmology OPD within a duration of 6 month. Detailed clinical history was taken and ophthalmological examination performed like visual acuity testing, anterior segment examination with slit lamp biomicroscope, fundus examination with indirect ophthalmoscope. The statistical analysis done using SPSS (26.0 version Statistical Package for Social Sciences) statistical analysis software. Point estimate and 95% confidence interval calculated with p-value less than 0.05 will be considered as significant.

Results: Among 980 patients presented to ophthalmology OPD with chief complaint of red eye, VKC was found in 100 patients i.e. 10.2%

Conclusion: Our study showed slightly higher prevavlence of vernal keratoconjunctivitis as compared to other tropical countries. . However the clinical features are similar to the typical pattern of VKC seen in other parts of the country