Effect of anti-oxidant on tear film in patients suffering from diabetes mellitus.

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Journal of the Indian Medical Association Pub Date : 2014-02-01

Subrata Dutta, Md Nazarul Islam, Soumen Chakroborty, Anup Mondal, Rakhi Bandopadhay, Sharmistha Gayen, Alok Ranjan

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Abstract

To study the effects of anti-oxidant on tear film parameters in patients with diabetes mellitus, a total of 100 patients of diabetes mellitus with defective Schirmer test and tear film break-up time were enrolled in this study and they were given vitamin C (1000 mg/day) and vitamin E (400 IU/day) for 30 days. Schirmer test and tear break-up, time were re-examined after 1 month. There was significant improvement in values for Schirmer test (p < 0.001) and tear break-up time. Oxidative stress has an influence on how diabetes mellitus affects various systems of body. This study clearly depicted im- portant roles of vitamins C and E in improving the well-being of the ocular surface.

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抗氧化剂对糖尿病患者泪膜的影响。

为了研究抗氧化剂对糖尿病患者泪膜参数的影响，本研究选取了100例Schirmer试验有缺陷的糖尿病患者和泪膜破裂时间，分别给予维生素C (1000 mg/d)和维生素E (400 IU/d)，为期30天。1个月后复查Schirmer试验和泪液破裂时间。Schirmer检验值(p < 0.001)和泪液破裂时间均有显著改善。氧化应激影响糖尿病对机体各系统的影响。这项研究清楚地描述了维生素C和E在改善眼表健康方面的重要作用。

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Journal of the Indian Medical Association Medicine-Medicine (all)

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