CLINICAL STUDY OF RETINAL CHANGES IN PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION

Background:Pregnancy induced hypertension, is the commonest form of life-threatening complications pregnancy. Pregnancy described as only physiological state in which most parameters are abnormal. The anatomical, and biochemical adaptations that take place a woman during short span human pregnancy profound. Compared with normotensive gravidas, patients elevated blood pressure have significantly greater maternal foetal mortality morbidity. clinical laboratory characteristics hypertension associated difficult to differentiate from those independent Objective: objective this study was prevalence risk factors ocular fundus changes among pregnant women PIH. Materials Methods: A hospital‐based, cross‐sectional carried out 130 pregnantwomen History symptoms related eyes, age, gravida recorded. Torchlight used examine anterior segment. One percentage tropicamide dilate pupils. Direct ophthalmoscope fundus. Blood measured per standard guidelines. Urine sample taken look for presence proteins urine. Results: majority belonged 18 35years (50%) (54.6%) had gestational age >37 weeks. (75.38%) hypertension. retinopathy PIH 13.7% Grade I commonly seen 7.7% cases followed by II 2.7% cases, grade 3 1.4% 4 0.6%. one patient exudative retinal detachment. Age not found be preeclampsia 31.7% eclampsia 40 %, compared 7.07% difference statistically significant (P < 0.05). >150/100 mmHg 45.4% 2.6% bloodpressure<150/100 severe proteinuria (+++) 66.6% 44.5% moderate (++), 22.7% mild (+) 5.5% without proteinuria. These differences were 0.05) Conclusion: high. High retinopathy.