Thaynara Queiroz Mendes do Carmo*, Jessica Feitoza Corrêa, Rebeca Santa Barbara Costa, Renata Ferreira Barbosa Sugai, Nelson Chamma Capelanes and Bernardo Kaplan Moscovici

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Paulista Medicine Unit (UPO), São Paulo, Brazil

*Corresponding Author: Thaynara Queiroz Mendes do Carmo, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Paulista Medicine Unit (UPO), São Paulo, Brazil.

Received: November 25, 2021; Published: December 27, 2021

Abstract

To evaluate the frequency of atopic dermato keratoconjunctivitis, its symptoms and changes in patients of Children’s Dermatology Clinic of Hospital da Santa Casa de Misericordia de São Paulo with a previous diagnosis of atopic dermatitis.

Fifty-two patients with atopic dermatitis under 16 years-old (mean age 8.9 ± 4.1 between 2 and 16 years) were ophthalmologic evaluated. The analysis was descriptive and statistical, with a 5% significance level.

The frequency of atopic dermato keratoconjunctivitis was 76.9% among 52 patients with atopic dermatitis, including atopic conjunctivitis (26.7%) and atopic blepharitis (50.2%). Atopic dermatitis is more frequent in female patients and atopic conjunctivitis in male. Age was practically the same in both groups.

The prevalence of atopic dermato keratoconjunctivitis was 76.9% in patients with atopic dermatitis. Due to the increased prevalence of atopic dermatitis in children, it would be prudent to perform routine ophthalmologic evaluation of these patients, since none of them had been previously monitored with Ophthalmological exams.

Keywords: Allergic Conjunctivitis; Atopic Dermatitis; Blepharitis; Atopic Dermato keratoconjunctivitis; Corneal Diseases

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Citation: Thaynara Queiroz Mendes do Carmo., et al. “Atopic Dermatitis, Evaluation of Ocular Manifestations in Children". Acta Scientific Dermatology and Venereology 1.1 (2022): .14-17

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