COMPARISON BETWEEN CORNEAL THICKNESS IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE ONE DIABETES AND NON DIABETICS OF THE SAME AGE GROUP

Document Type : Preliminary preprint short reports of original research

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1 Ophthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt

2 Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Abstract

Cornea is the most anterior structure of the globe and very crucial for almost all intraocular surgeries and interventions as it is the window for inside. It also represents two third of refractive power of the eye and it is the target for refractive surgery procedures.
Corneal thickness is important parameter for refractive surgery and for IOP measuring to avoid overestimation and underestimation of IOP on which diagnosis of glaucoma depends.
There are many factors can affect thickness like age, function of endothelium, alcohol consumption and high blood glucose level as many studies conclude that long term type 2 diabetic patients have corneal changes that affect thickness.
Diabetes can affect cornea as like as retina, it causes wide range of clinical manifestation like recurrent corneal erosions, persistent ulcer, corneal hypoesthesia and endothelial changes in form of decrease in cell density and increase in polymegathism and pleomorphism.
For type 1 DM, almost all patients are young who may need refractive surgery or develop glaucoma with aging so their corneal changes and impact of DM on their cornea need to be studied as there were few studies that assess corneal thickness in type 1 diabetics.

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Volume 6, Issue 4
September 2024
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