[Evolution of ocular infection in diabetes mellitus patients].

PAPER AIM

The paper presents the infectious complications at patients with diabetes mellitus, and the evolution of these complications with the type of diabetes and the treatment with orale hypoglycemic agents or insulin.

MATERIAL AND METHOD

The survey was fulfilled in the Clinic of Ophthalmology of Craiova and in the Metabolic Diseases clinic, during a period of 10 years.

RESULTS

We surveyed 497 hospitalized patients, and we noticed different infectious complications: kerato-endothelitis in 9 cases, herpetic keratitis in 11 cases, anterior uveitis in 16 cases, corneal ulcus in 24 cases, total uveitis in 6 cases. In 17% of the cases, the patients were not previously aware about the diabetes affection.

CONCLUSIONS

The very severe infectious complications of the eye in diabetes, determine the doubling of the ocular and general treatment, for normalisation of the blood glucose and a good evolution of the diabetes.