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Traditional eye medicine associated keratitis- Current trends and practices

Authors :
null Preethi B
Suresh Babu G
Preeti Mittal
Kiran Kumar K
Sampritha U C
Sriya Sridhar
Source :
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 7:731-735
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd, 2022.

Abstract

To study the prevalence, types and demographic profile of traditional eye medicine (TEM) use among corneal ulcer patients presenting to a tertiary eye care centre in South India.A cross-sectional study conducted on 432 new corneal ulcer patients at a tertiary eye care centre in South India from September 2018 to July 2019. Data collected included demographic profile such as name, age, sex, occupation, income, rural/urban residence, type of TEM use. Of the 432 new corneal ulcer cases, 32 used TEM. Most TEM users belonged to the age group 40- 60 years (n= 20; 62.5%). There was no difference in sex distribution. Majority of TEM users in our study resided in rural areas (n= 30; 93.75%), were involved in agriculture as occupation (n=28, 87.5%) and belonged to the lower socioeconomic status n=31(96.88%) as per Kuppuswamy classification. Profile of TEM used ranged from plant extract (n= 14; 43.75%), tongue cleaning (n= 5; 15.63%), oil (n= 7; 21.87%), breast milk (n= 4; 12.5%) and ash (n= 2; 6.25%). Use of traditional medicine is a prevalent practice in the study population. These findings offer a better understanding of health seeking behaviour of the study population which will lead to better planning, implementation and targeting of preventive and promotive eye services and awareness programmes.

Details

ISSN :
23951451 and 23951443
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9a90d89664e2b5e86b66eaa187de3f28
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2021.148