Sana Rafaqat, Abubakar Rizwan, Usman Siddique.
Incidence of Environmental & Metabolic Factors Causing Congenital Cataract in Children of Lahore.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(4):832-4.

Objective: To check the incidence of environmental and metabolic factors causing congenital cataract in infants. Methods: The descriptive study was conducted at General Hospital Lahore , Pakistan which comprised children under 5 years of age with a history of mothers who had suffered rubella, Diabetes, herpes simplex, birth trauma etc. Data was collected through convenient sampling and analyzed through SPSS 20.00. Results: Out of the 300 cases examined, 20 patients were diagnosed with congenital cataract . In these cases 5 were effected from birth injury, 2 from rubella, 3 from herpes simplex virus, 1 due to maternal torch infection, 5 due to metabolic disorders like diabetes. Conclusion: Congenital cataract predominated in boys compared to girls. Some major factors like birth injury, metabolic disorders and diabetes had greater impact in this regard. Early diagnosis , maternal care regular check up of mothers during pregnancy and adequate therapy requires specific treatment for long-term and permanent care.

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