Abstract
Background: Including eye and vision issues thyroid problems can result in a number of structural body and functional changes, which can be detrimental to a patient's well-being.
Objective: To clinically assess ocular surface changes among patients with hyperthyroidism using standardized ocular surface evaluation parameters.
Methodology: This study was Cross-Sectional. The research was conducted at The Superior University Lahore from Feb 2023 to May 2023. 46 patients were involved in this study. 15 were female and 31 were male.
Results: In this study, the average age was 28.65±4.52 years with an age range (of 18-41 years). Shows the distribution of ocular diagnoses in hyperthyroidism patients. Where 24(52.17%) had conditions of dry eye, 07(15.22%) suffering from corneal abrasion, blepharitis, conjunctivitis, and proptosis each was found in 04(8.70%) of the study subjects, periorbital cellulitis in 02(4.35%) patients, and the corneal ulcer was seen in 01(2.17%) of the study subjects. Ocular surface symptoms were found in hyperthyroidism patients. Among all the most common symptoms was irritation in 11%, itching in the eye in 11%, redness of the eye in 21.76, watery eyes in 11%, and scarring in 11% of subjects. Other symptoms found in patients were blurry vision, cranial nerve problems, lid swelling, pain, paralysed muscle, photophobia, pus, and white eyelash.
Conclusion: It was noted that peoples with Hyperthyroidism are having Ocular surface problems like corneal abrasion, dry eye conditions, infection, severe pain, conjunctival redness, lid redness, irritation, tearing, and light sensitivity in high frequency. The dry eye test was significant. Diplopia and blepharitis were also present