Comorbilidades en pacientes con glaucoma primario de angulo abierto en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el año 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: The primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the second cause of blindness worldwide after cataract, is a neurodegenerative pathology that affects the structure of the optic nerve and functionally of the visual field. Objectives: Identify the immunological and degenerative factor that triggers primary open-angle glaucoma. Materials and methods: Prevalence cross-sectional study, descriptive observational, the data of this investigation was obtained from the clinical records conformed by 67 patients with POAG diagnosed and treated by the ophthalmology service of the Hospital "Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo "during the year 2017 Results: At the masculine sex appears with greater frequency in 64.2% and in the feminine sex 35.8%, as for the age 46.3% in the men are more likely to be affected in the ages between 60 to 79 years vs. 23.9% in women. The comorbidities associated with the 67 patients, 42.3% were hypertensive, 15.4% were diabetic, 10.8% had dyslipidemia; 10% polyarthrosis; 6.9% had hypothyroidism; 5.4% osteoarthritis; 3.8% Chronic renal failure; 2.3% had prostate cancer and osteoporosis; and a lower percentage in 0.8% Alzheimer's Conclusion: The comorbidities in the first instance is high blood pressure, followed by mellitus diabetes, dyslipidemia, polyarthrosis, hypothyroidism, osteoarthritis, chronic renal failure, prostate cancer, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's. Hypertension is a frequent risk factor with a very high prevalence. Ages between 60 to 79 years are more likely to present POAG, it was found that the masculine sex is the most affected to develop this pathology