Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 10, Issue : 4, Year : 2024
Article Page : 672-676
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2024.118
Abstract
Background: Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is a highly contagious infection of the ocular surface. It affects all ages and socioeconomic groups.The main purpose of this study is to identify the cluster of conjunctivitis and control its spread to prevent a large community outbreak.
Materials and Methods: The data was collected from the 200 patients of all age group and any sex who came with complaints of redness, watering, discharge, foreign body sensation, and pain in the eyes. Informed consent was taken. The detailed history regarding the occupation and history of recent contact was noted. The visual acuity, slit lamp examination was done and patients were categorised according to the severity of conjunctivitis. The patients were treated with topical medications and followed up after a week.
Results: In this study of 200 participants, majority of them (44.5%) belong to 16-25 years age group. The mean age was reported as 30.4 years. Based on occupation 59% were students. 15.5% population had history of travel. On assessing the severity of conjunctivitis, 45% of the cases had mild to moderate conjunctivitis and 55% of the cases had severe conjunctivitis. The conjunctivitis was found to be severe among students of 16-25 years of age. Among these students, history of contact was noted in the hostels followed by classrooms.
Conclusion: Education and awareness regarding early identification of cases is most important. Strict personal hygiene measures and prompt isolation of cases should be done to prevent similar outbreaks of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. In our study all the patients recovered completely with good visual prognosis.
Keywords: Conjunctivitis, Redness, Discharge, Awareness, Personal hygiene.
How to cite : Salimath S, Birajdar N J, Gour S, An epidemic of viral keratoconjunctivitis in the patients attending tertiary care hospital in north Karnataka: A hospital based cross-sectional study. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024;10(4):672-676
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