Nonseasonal allergic conjunctivitis in the tropics: experience in a tertiary care institution

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
Harold Choi, Sao Bing Lee

Abstract

To understand the epidemiology, severity, types of pathology, clinical features, precipitating factors, and treatment outcomes of patients with allergic conjunctivitis in a tropical climate receiving corneal subspecialist intervention. A total of 33 patients with severe allergic conjunctivitis under corneal subspecialist care in National University Hospital, Singapore were studied. A retrospective, noncomparative case series. epidemiological data, clinical features, complete ophthalmological examination, and treatment types. Both eyes of 33 patients seen at the cornea subspecialist clinic between May 2005 and July 2006 were examined at baseline, and followed up. Clinical features, treatment given, and outcome variables through case sheet review were analyzed. Twenty-five patients (75.8%) were male, and 8 (24.2%) were female. Seventeen patients (51.5%) had concomitant allergic rhinitis, 16 patients (48.5%) had asthma, and 17 (51.5%) had associated dermatitis. Only 9 patients (27.3%) had documented precipitating factors. None of the 33 patients said that their symptoms were seasonal; 22 (66.7%) said their symptoms were perennial. Twenty-nine patients (87.9%) had punctate epithelial erosions, and 12 patients eventually progressed ...Continue Reading

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