Prevalence of astigmatism in headache
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim To study the prevalence of uncorrected low grade astigmatism as the sole cause of headacheMaterials and Methods It is a prospective cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology for 18 months A total of 400 patients presenting with headache as the single complaint were enrolled in the study All the patients were evaluated for presence of astigmatism with the help of visual acuity retinoscopy keratometry and post mydriatic test and then the follow up was done at 4 8 and 12 week to see the status of headacheResults The prevalence of uncorrected astigmatism among cases presenting with headache as the single complaint was 493 Age of patients ranged from 14 to 35 years with a mean age of 2285643 years however proportion of patients with age
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Pragati Garg, Astha Agrawal
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