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Dry Eye Disease

Home Healthcare Now, 2018
Dry eye disease is a chronic condition of the corneal surface marked by persistent symptoms of irritation or burning that can cause inflammatory damage to the cornea and conjunctiva if untreated. Common risk factors for this syndrome include advancing age, female sex, low humidity environments, systemic medications, and autoimmune disorders. Treatments
Patricia A, Rouen, Mary L, White
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REPRESENTATIVE EYE DISEASES AND THEIR PREVALENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA

UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 2022
Many patients with symptomatic eye conditions present initially to their primary care physician. Eye issues account for 2-3% of all primary care office visits. Knowing how to respond when these patients come is critical for the family physician, as is knowing when to refer them to an ophthalmologist for additional care. Family doctors should be able to
Asraf, Nisreen Omar, Alsaeed, Mohammed Ibrahim, Shaybah, Afnan Mohammed, Almubarak, Zainab Abdulmajid Ahmad, Alghamdi, Ali Abdullah, Sagr, Nada Adel, Alghamdi, Ahmed Abdullah, Alghamdi, Asma Faisal, Almesned, Fahd Saud A, Alghazwi, Ghadeer Hassan K, Zilay, Abdullah Yahya, Alibrahem, Abdulmajeed Mohammad S., Sumayli, Abdulrahman Yahya, Alkhamis, Riam Saleh   +13 more
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Prevalence of Eye Disease and Number of Ophthalmologists

Ophthalmology, 1978
The incidence and prevalence of eye and vision system disorders indicate that the present growth rate of the number of ophthalmologists continues. The number of residency positions in ophthalmology in the United States should remain at about the present number.
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Psoriasis and the eye: Prevalence of eye disease in Singaporean Asian patients with psoriasis

The Journal of Dermatology, 2007
ABSTRACTThere is little published data on the incidence of eye disease in Asian patients with psoriasis. We determined the frequency of ocular complications in Singaporean Asian patients with chronic plaque psoriasis and related these to extent and severity of psoriasis, family history, treatment and presence of arthritis.
Nisha S, Chandran, Malcolm, Greaves, Fei, Gao, Laurence, Lim, Bob C L, Cheng   +4 more
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The Prevalence of Age-Related Eye Disease in an Elderly Population

Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2017
To determine the prevalence of cataracts, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Iranians over the age of 54 years.Through a cross-sectional study using randomized cluster sampling, 60 clusters were selected in Sari, a city in the North of Iran.
Hassan, Hashemi, Mehdi, Khabazkhoob, Payam, Nabovati, Hadi, Ostadimoghaddam, Shokrolah, Shafaee, Asgar, Doostdar, AbbasAli, Yekta   +6 more
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Prevalence and risk factors of symptomatic dry eye disease in Lebanon

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2020
To estimate the prevalence of symptomatic dry eye disease (DED) and investigate its associated risk factors in the Lebanese population.Population-based cross-sectional study of 602 participants from Lebanon aged 18 years and older. Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire on dry eye symptoms was used to evaluate the prevalence of symptomatic ...
Ahmed, Sherry, Mona, Aridi, Wissam, Ghach   +2 more
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The prevalence of keratoconus in children with allergic eye disease in an Egyptian population

European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of keratoconus (KC) among children with ocular allergy. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on all children presenting with ocular allergic disease from September 2017 to September 2018 ...
Alyaa Saeed Ahmed, Mohamed-Sameh H El-Agha, Mahmoud Osama Khaled, Shireen Mostafa Shousha   +3 more
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Prevalence of Eye Diseases of the Elderly in University Eye Clinic

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand
Objective: To assess the prevalence of eye diseases among elderly receiving care at a University Healthcare eye service. Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was conducted for elderly patients attending Rangsit University Healthcare’s eye services between 2020 and 2021.
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