Open AccessA COMPARATIVE STUDY RELATING WATER DRINKING TEST AND INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS
Author(s) -
Thangerani Raajaseharan,
S.R. Raajaseharan,
Aishwarya Thanasekaran,
Nihma Arif A M
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
paripex indian journal of research
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.36106/paripex/6900338
Subject(s) - medicine , age groups , significant difference , intraocular pressure , ophthalmology , anesthesia , demography , sociology
AIM:To determine the behavior of IOP in different age groups among normal populations after water drinking test for aperiod of time.MATERIALS AND METHODS:This is a prospective study involving normal healthy individual taken from different agegroups 20-50 years,with no relevant past medical and surgical history. Patients were instructed to drink 1Litre of waterover a period of 5-10minutes after 8 hours of overnight fasting and the IOP was checked before drinking water and every15minutes for 1 hour period followed by 2 hours after drinking water using schiotz tonometer.The difference in baselineIOP and IOP at 1 hour and 2 hour was evaluated among different age groups .RESULT: 100 patients from the age groups 20-50 years were studied .The mean baseline IOP was in the range of12.4mmHg and the mean IOP after 1 hour was 15.3mmHg.A difference of 4-4.5 mmHg were noted in the age group of 40-50 years .The IOP was gradually decreasing to 12.78mmHg over a period of 2 hours after WDT.CONCLUSION: The higher age group the more the rise in the IOP after WDT which concludes that as the age increasesdrinking litres of water over a few minutes will substantially increase the IOP,which might damage the optic nerve.