Volume : 8, Issue : 3, March - 2019

Changes of Intraocular Pressure in the Different Trimester of Pregnancy among Women in South Karnataka

Dr. Mahesh Babu, Dr Bhavya H U, Dr. Nishanth Gowda N

Abstract :

Objective: This research targeted to evaluate the physiological changes that occurred regarding intraocular pressure in pregnant women in South Karnataka. Materials and method: From a cross-sectional study conducted using the Goldmann tonometer intraocular pressures of 240 women were measured. All these patients were either in their first, second or third trimesters of their pregnancies. Results: The mean intraocular pressures of their left eye were as follows: Right eye; 1st trimester 15.8 ±1.3, 2nd trimester: 14.4 ±1.9 and3rd trimester: 13.6 ±1.2, with a p<0.001. Values for the left eye were: 1st trimester: 15.3 ±1.5, 2nd trimester: 14.9 ±1.8 and 3rd trimester: 13.6 ±1.5, with a p< 0.001. The mean intraocular pressures measured from both the right and the left eyes of these groups of patients were higher among those who were in their first trimester than the ones in the second and third trimesters. Conclusion: When women are pregnant, it is typical for their intraocular pressure to change. However, according to Agrawal et al. (2018), such changes are temporary and regular intraocular pressure returns immediately after the pregnancy. This study, therefore, gives the ranges across which intraocular pressure changes when healthy women become pregnant.