@article{17090,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Eye diseases, Female, Humans, India, leprosy, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors},
  author = {Reddy S C and Raju B D and Achary N R},
  title = {Survey of eye complications in leprosy in Prakasam District (Andhra Pradesh).},
  abstract = {<p>A field study was conducted to find out the incidence of eye complications in leprosy. The ocular lesions were found in 4.72% of lepromatous leprosy and in 1.15% of non-lepromatous leprosy cases. Out of 130 patients with eye ailments, 60% were males; age varied from 9 to 70 years; 38 were suffering from lepromatous leprosy and 92 from non-lepromatous type. Mean duration of leprosy was 8.63 years in lepromatous and 6.42 years in non-lepromatous leprosy. The important eye complications observed were corneal anesthesia, lagophthalmos and anterior uveitis. The corneal lesions (63.1%) were found to be the most common in this study. It is suggested that a periodical ocular examination of all leprosy patients is essential for the early diagnosis and treatment of eye complications, which finally result in blindness if left untreated.</p>},
  year = {1981},
  journal = {Leprosy in India},
  volume = {53},
  pages = {231-7},
  month = {1981 Apr},
  issn = {0024-1024},
  language = {eng},
}