| To analyse the various causes of red eye among patients attending a tertiary hospital in Andhra Pradesh. A descriptive
cross sectional study was carried out in patients who presented to the outpatient department with complaints of redness of
eyes of acute onset. Out of the 10,860 patients who had registered, the clinical records of 1620 patients with complaints of
red eye were retrieved and analysed using MS office Excel sheet. Out of the 1620 patients, 1080 were adults and 540 were
of the paediatric age group (<12years).There were 720 males and 360 females in the adult population. The most common
cause of red eye in adults and paediatric population was found to be conjunctivitis, 32% and 62% respectively. The next
common cause of red eye in the adults was to be foreign bodies (21%) followed by trauma (19%).However in the
paediatric population , inflammatory conditions of the lids like hordeolum internum and hordeolum externum (18%) and
trauma (14%) were found to be the common causes . Conjunctivitis accounts for the most common cause of red eye. While
infective conjunctivitis was more common in adults (70%), allergic conjunctivitis was found to be more common among
children (59 %).Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of these conditions, can prevent patients from developing vision
threatening complications.ddd |
