An analysis of blind registration forms was made to determine the commonest causes of blindness in the west of Scotland. It was found that the leading causes of blindness in order of frequency of incidence were senile macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataract, diabetic retinopathy, and myopic degeneration. Diabetic retinopathy was the leading cause of blindness among persons of working age.

OBJECTIVE To identify daily life difficulties perceived by patients suffering from senile cataract before and after second eye cataract surgery. METHODS Longitudinal prospective study with 84 patients consecutively seen within the framework of the Cataract Project, with visual acuity equal to or higher than 20/30 in the pseudophakic eye, and equal to or lower than 20/40 with the best possible...

Free amino acids content of aqueous humor in Pakistani subjects with senile cataract is measured and results are compared with previous studies Most of the amino acids showed lower concentration than those reported for European’ and American2 subjects (JPMA 37 67, 1987).

Transglutaminase, the main function of which is to crosslink peptide chains through isopeptide bonds, has been detected in the lens of laboratory animals and in human cataracts and has been implicated in cataractogenesis. The transglutaminase activity has been estimated by measuring the amount of 3H-putrescine incorporation into dimethyl-casein of clear noncataractous human lenses and by compar...

The relationship between biochemical markers of antioxidant status and senile cataract was examined in 112 subjects aged 40 to 70 years. Seventy-seven of these subjects had a cataract in at least one lens. Antioxidant status was measured using erythrocyte superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, and indexes that included these enzymes plus pl...

In every type of beginning senile cataract the cortex of the lens measured with the slit lamp appears thinner than the normal lens cortex in the same age group. The decreased rate of fiber formation and of proteosynthesis precedes the first appearance of lens opacities.

A 35-year-old Indian parrot (Psittacula krameri manillensis) was presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences with a history of blepharospasm and corneal lesion OS. Test with fluorescein dye was negative. The dense corneal opacity (macula) was identified as involving the posterior corneal layer. The further ophthalmic exami...

I HAVE been asked many times what I)oyne's Discoid Cataract (Coppock) looks like under the slit-lamp. One of the original family attended at the Oxford Eye Hospital the other day, so I arranged with Mlessrs. Hamblin to have an ophthalmoscopic and slit-lamp painting done. In this particular case the opacity is a fairly dense one, and the patient can only carry on if her pupils are kept slightly ...