Clinical Profile of Amblyopia in Young Adults

Authors

Myopics: M ,Hypermetropics: H

Aim: To study clinical profile of amblyopic patients in relation to refractive status, socio economic status,

use of glasses and social impact on society.

Results: Hypermetropies’ improving to 6/9 is 13% and myopes improving with spectacles are 45% and mixed

astigmatism 69%. Most common age group for detection of amblyopia in young adults is 21-30 years(47.1%)

with predominance of female(55.7%) belonging from middle class families (81.4%) having studied mostly

from Government Marathi medium school(45.7%) with previously not using given glasses(57.1%) and with

taken amblyopia of only (7.1%) and with spectacles maximum correction with mixed astigmatism (54.2%)

between 6/36-6/9 in right eye (43%) and in left eye (30%) .

Interpretation: Lack of school screening programs and awareness for health check-up delays the diagnosis

of amblyopia leading to non-improvement of vision and due to lack of knowledge and social stigma girls

especially avoid wearing glasses even after prescribing leading to amblyopia.

Conclusion: School health camps, proper health education, timely examination, and proper use of spectacles

is must.

Girish A. Gadre1 , Surabhi Khandelwal2

1Associate Professor, 2 Resident, Department of Ophthalmology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad,

Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed To Be University”, Karad, Maharashtra, India