Prevalencia de tipos de catarata en pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus tipo II en el Hospital “Teodoro Maldonado Carbo” de la ciudad de Guayaquil, durante el periodo 2017 – 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: The opacities of the lens are considered cataracts. A significant number originates from aging but it is something that can affect at any age. In addition, other predisposing factors for its development are heredity, accidents causing trauma, toxins, pathologies of the immune system, and habits such as smoking Objective: to determine the prevalence of different types of cataracts in patients with type II diabetes mellitus who attended the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital during the period 2017 - 2019 Methodology: Quantitative, Cross-sectional, Retrospective, Observational, Descriptive. Conclusions: The most common type of cataract was the nuclear, followed by the subcapsular and finally in a very low frequency the cortical. The average HBA1C presented an average of 8%. No statistically significant correlation was found between the glycemia values with the visual function of the patients studied, but it was found between the age of the patients and their visual function.