A STUDY OF CLINICAL AND ETIOLOGICAL PATTERN AND SEASONAL VARIATION IN THE INCIDENCE OF ANTERIOR UVEITIS AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTER

ABSTRACT

Purpose: The aim was to study the various pattern and any seasonal variation in the incidence of anterior uveitis at a tertiary care center. An observational study was conducted on 100 patients of all Methods: new uveitis cases who attended the OPD between January 2020 to December 2021 of a tertiary care center, J.L.N. medical college and hospital, Ajmer, Rajasthan. We grouped the months into winter, autumn, monsoon, spring and summer according to Indian weather. Cases were screened along with detailed clinical and laboratory investigation to ?nd out there clinical etiological causes. 100 Patients of uveitis were examined. There was male predominance (66%) with male to female Result: ratio 1.941. We found cases with unilateral (91%) uveitis to be more common, with more Right eye (48%) involvement. Majority (40%) of cases remained idiopathic. HLA-B27 (37%) was commonest association followed by lens induced and Tuberculosis. The incidence of uveitis in winter season (38%) followed by 33% in transitional season and 29% in summer. Non- Conclusion: infectious uveitis were more common. In Non-infectious uveitis, most common entity found to be Idiopathic and HLA-B27 associated whereas in infectious uveitis, ocular tuberculosis was found to be the leading cause. Seasonally uveitis were more in winter and less in summer