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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4225</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.132210</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>&#13;
	Clinical Profile, Ocular Morbidity and Visual Loss in Psoriasis&#13;
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</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>D</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R</surname><given-names>Annamalai</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Anandan</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Murugan</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Muthayya</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>11</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>2)</volume><issue/><fpage>30</fpage><lpage>34</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>&#13;
	Aim: To study the clinical profile of ocular psoriasis and to identify features that help in the recognition and prevention of ocular morbidity and visual loss in these patients. Methods: A prospective observational study was conducted on 100 patients with psoriasis in a tertiary care, multispecialty hospital. All patients underwent systemic evaluation by the dermatologist, followed by ophthalmic evaluation comprising of visual assessment, slit lamp examination, ophthalmoscopy, Schirmer__ampersandsignrsquo;s test, tear breakup time, Rose Bengal staining and ancillary investigations such as fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Results: Among 100 patients with psoriasis, the prevalence of ophthalmic manifestation was 60%, of whom 42% were symptomatic. Ocular features were most common in scalp psoriasis and pustular psoriasis. The type and severity of ocular manifestation had a positive correlation with the duration of psoriasis. The most common ophthalmic feature was keratoconjunctivitis sicca (55%), followed by meibomitis (50%), cataract (35%), blepharitis (20%) and uveitis (5%). Uveitis had associated with psoriatic arthritis. The correlation was established using the kappa coefficient. Statistical significance was found in the conjunctival staining pattern with a p-value = 0.02. Steroid-induced glaucoma occurred in 24%. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca and corticosteroids used in the management of systemic psoriasis were found to be the most frequent causes of visual morbidity. Conclusion: Ophthalmic clinical features, signs and symptoms in psoriasis may be subtle and a complete ophthalmic evaluation is required both for early detection of ocular abnormalities and complications. A multidisciplinary approach is required to reduce ocular morbidity in the active phase of psoriasis during and after treatment in these patients.&#13;
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</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Cataract</kwd><kwd> Corticosteroids</kwd><kwd> Keratoconjunctivitis sicca</kwd><kwd> Psoriasis</kwd><kwd> Uveitis</kwd><kwd> Visual morbidity</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
