Abstract :
Background: Dry eye disease and diabetic retinopathy are complications in diabetes mellitus. However association between diabetes mellitus type II and dry eye disease are still unclear. Objectives of this study objective is was to analyse association between dry eye disease and diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Materials and Methods: A prospective study on seventy patients of diabetis mellitus type II/patients undergone indirect ophthalmoscopy and retinal photography, and the dry eye syndrome analysis using tear break up time and Schirmer tests. Diabetic retinopathy was graded.
Results: In this study, there was no association identified among the age, sex & duration of diabetes mellitus type II disease and diabetic retinopathy. 52.8% (n=37) patients were observed to be suffering from dry eye syndrome and it was common in older and female patients. Diabetic retniopathy observed in 67.1%(n=47) patients. Upon classification, 34.2% (n=24) belongs to non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, 27.1% (n=19)belong to severe NPDR and 5.7% (n=4) belongs to proliferative DR. TBUP was observed as ?10 seconds. Moderate NPDR was significantly high in diabetes mellitus type II patients with dry eye disease. Statistically significant association observed between diabetic retinopathy and dry eye disease.
Conclusion: The dry eye disease prevalence observed as 52.8% patients. Statistically significant association observed between severity of dry eye disease with duration of diabetes mellitus disease and the degree of diabetic retinopathy. There was significant association identified between diabetic retinopathy and dry eye disease.
Keyword :
Dry eye disease, Diabetic retinopathy, Schirmer’s test, Tear break up time test.