Table 2 Magnitude and clinical features of vernal keratoconjunctivitis of study population among children living in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
VKC (n = 737) | ||
Yes | 43 | 5.8 |
No | 694 | 94.2 |
Symptoms(n = 43) | ||
Itching | 43 | 100 |
Redness | 37 | 86 |
Photophobia | 23 | 53.5 |
Tearing | 24 | 55.8 |
Thick discharge | 27 | 62.8 |
Foreign body sensation | 25 | 58.1 |
Exacerbation season for VKC (n = 43) | ||
Summer | 6 | 13.9 |
Spring | 30 | 69.8 |
Not specified | 7 | 16.3 |
Sign (n = 43) | ||
Papillary reaction/cobblestone | 39 | 90.7 |
Mucoid discharge | 23 | 53.5 |
Hyperemia | 25 | 58.1 |
Conjunctiva swelling | 11 | 25.6 |
Limbal opacifications | 26 | 60.5 |
Limbal thickening | 28 | 65.1 |
Limbal widening | 30 | 69.8 |
Horner trantas dot | 12 | 27.9 |
Superior corneal pannus | 9 | 20.9 |
Superior punctuate keratitis | 2 | 4.7 |
Corneal ulcer | -- | -- |