The relationship between anemia and accommodative esotropia in children

Abstract

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA Background: Refraction problems , motor disorders , sensorial disorders , physical and psychic traumas of eye may be responsible for development of strabismus . Anemia may cause sensory-neural disorders in children. We investigated t he relationship between anemia and accommodative esotropia in children. Materials and Methods: Sixty-four patients with accommodative esotropia were evaluated. This group was identified as patient group (group 1). Eighty- three pediatric patients, who were not esotropia and only had refraction problems , were identified as control group (group 2). The difference between the groups was statistically analyzed evaluating patients for anemia. Results: 33 of 64 patients with accommodative esotropia in group 1 were male, as 43 of 83 patients with refractive error in group 2 were male. The mean age of patients in group 1 and 2 were 6 ± 3.92 and 6.37 ± 2.74 ( P > 0.05) respectively. There was significant difference between two groups, when mean hemoglobin value of those was compared ( P < 0.05). Conclusion: Hb level may affects the accommodative esotropia. Key words: Anemia, child, esotropia, strabismus /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name: