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Aims: To study cases of corneal degenerations presenting to a tertiary eye care centre in central India withregards to their clinical profile, socio-demographic parameters, association with dry eye and their visualimpairment at presentation.Materials and Methods: Cases of corneal degenerations presenting to our Cornea Clinic in a span ofone year were identified and categorized. Details were noted regarding age, sex, socioeconomic status,residential locality, occupation, working conditions and prior ocular history. Dry eye assessment was doneusing Schirmer test and patients were sorted under various categories of visual disability.Results: We came across a total of 127 cases of corneal degeneration, among which the maximum number(74.80%) were of Arcus Senilis (95 cases), followed by 10.24% Spheroidal Degeneration (13), 7.09% BandShaped Keratopathy (9), 5.51% Crocodile Shagreen (7), 1.57% Salzmann Nodular Degeneration (2) and0.79% Terriens Marginal Degeneration (1 case). The mean age was 61.66 years and the male: female ratiowas 1.89:1. Most cases belonged to low socioeconomic status (48.03%), urban locality (65.35%) and wereinvolved in indoor work (67.72%), with the exception of spheroidal degeneration. Only 12.60% cases ofdegeneration had Schirmer 1 values suggestive of dry eye problem ( (32.28%) fell in Category 2 of visual disability (75% impairment), excluding the 33.86% of cases whichhad even Conclusion: The study sheds light on the profile of cases of corneal degenerations, some findings inaccordance with the existing data and some not, in particular relevance to the current trend and the specifiedregion. Keywords: Clinical profile, Corneal degenerations, Sociodemographic factors, Visual impact.

Corneal degenerations in central India: Clinical profile and visual impact