Key result
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with several ocular disorders, including floppy eye lid syndrome, glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, papilledema, and keratoconus.
Why the study?
With the increasing prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea and its established cardiovascular links, there is a need to highlight the possibility of ocular involvement in OSA patients.
What are the ophthalmological associations of obstructive sleep apnea?
What are the ophthalmological associations of obstructive sleep apnea?
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with several ocular disorders, highlighting the need for ophthalmological evaluation in these patients.
Recently there has been upsurge in the cases of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) with increased prevalence of obesity in the general population. It has been continuously proved that OSA and metabolic syndrome go hand in hand and hence OSA predisposes an individual to a series of cardio-vascular disorders like ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia etc. In this article we have emphasized the possibility of ocular involvement in OSA patients. Several studies have shown ocular associations like floppy eye lid syndrome, glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, papilledema, keratoconus, non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy etc. Through this review, we would like to highlight the ophthalmological associations of OSA, their pathogenesis and outcome with the treatment of OSA.
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Maurya et al. (2021) conducted a review in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Obstructive Sleep Apnea was evaluated on Ocular associations. Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with several ocular disorders, including floppy eye lid syndrome, glaucoma, dry eye syndrome, papilledema, and keratoconus.
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