안과질환 외래환자에 관한 임상적 분석 = A Clinical Analysis of Ophthalmologic Disease

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Objective : The purpose of this study is to investigate outpatients of ophthalmologic disease who had visited to Hospital of Oriental Medicine. Method : We analyzed statistics study in 590 patients, who had visited to the Dept. of dermatology, ophthalmology & otorhinolayngology Hospital of Oriental Medicine Dongeui University from January, 1998 to July , 2006. Result : The results were as follows. 1. Distributions of sex : male 45.42%, female 54.58%. 2. The age distributions of patients showed highest in 51-60 years, followed by 41-50 years, 61-70 years in order. 3. The yearly distributions of patients showed highest in 2004, followed by 2005, 2002 in order. The seasonal distributions of patients showed highest in summer, followed by spring, winter, autumn in order. The monthly distributions of patients showed highest in August, followed by June, March in order. 4. The frequency of chief complaint showed highest in visual disorder, followed by dry eye, blepharospasm, squint in arch order. Visual disorder and dry eye were the most common ophthalmologic disease, irrespective of age. 5. The Distribution of past history showed highest in ophthalmologic disease, followed by circulatory disease, digestive disease in order. The Distribution of ophthalmologic diseases showed highest in retinal disease, followed by lens-induced ocular disease, disease of the optic nerve in order. 6. The number of times in treatment : 1-20 times(84.07%), 21-40 times(7.97%). 7. In the treatment method, a major portion of treatment methods was acupuncture & herbal medicine treatment, followed by acupuncture, consulting, herbal medicine treatment in order.