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Background: Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder which is characterized by elevated blood sugar level. It is a major cause of blindness in our country, which is preventable and treatable, if healthy practice and knowledge regarding this disease is applied. The study was undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of Diabetic Retinopathy, amongst diabetic patients attending eye OPD in GMC Jammu.Methods: 300 patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus attending eye OPD, over a period of 10 months, in GMC Jammu, were incorporated in this study. Self administered questionnaires were used to assess knowledge, practice and attitude of diabetic retinopathy amongst the diabetic patient, after their due consent.Results: This study incorporated 300 diabetic patients out of which 168 (56%) were males and 132 (44%) were females. Most of the patients (70%) were aware of the fact that diabetes can cause eye disorders. 67.33% believed that they should go for regular eye check-ups. 79.33% agreed that timely intervention can delay the complications in diabetic eye disease.Conclusions: Diabetes can lead to serious ocular complications which can be prevented by appropriate awareness and optimistic attitude and good approach towards the disease.
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Background: Age related cataract also called as senile cataract is the commonest type of acquired cataract affecting people over the age of 50 years. In developing countries like India, many times patients with cataract report to the hospitals very late, when it has become mature. Keeping this in mind this study was undertaken to study the demographic profile of patients of senile mature cataract attending the OPD of GMC Jammu and to see if there is correlation between demographic factors and time of seeking medical attention.Methods: This study was conducted on 41 patients of senile mature cataract who attended OPD of GMC Jammu from August 2019 to November 2019. All patients were subjected to detailed history taking and ocular examination. Socio-economic status and education level of all patients was assessed. All patients were admitted and underwent cataract surgery with IOL implantation.Results: In study the mean age of patients was 62.46 years with 58.53% patients being females. Majority of patients were from rural background with low socio-economic status and low education levels.Conclusions: From this study we concluded that female sex, low socio-economic status, comorbidities and lower literacy levels are associated with patients seeking medical attention for cataract at an advanced stage.
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A prospective study of bacterial wound colonization in 51 burn patients with chronic wounds of more than 3 weeks duration was carried out over a period of one year (2004) with an objective of determining microbial profile and antibiotic sensitivity patterns. A total of 178 surface swabs were taken, out of which 110 microbial isolates were cultured which included 104 solitary and 3 twin isolates. The most frequent isolate was coagulase negative Staph. epidermidis (56.36%) followed by Pseudomonas (18.18%) and Staph. aureus (13.63%). There was a high degree of resistance by these organisms to commonly available antibiotics. The most sensitive antibiotics in our setup were Gatifloxacin and Amikacin irrespective of the organisms cultured and should be used empirically pending reports of culture and sensitivity if systemic antibiotics need to be started. Restriction in the misuse of antibiotics on empirical basis, establishment of proper infection control measures and supportive measures like psychological support, physiotherapy and protein rich diet will help lower the incidence of infection.