Prevalance of Blood Sugar among Patients Attending Eye Clinic in Guinness Eye Hospital Onitsha -2010 to 2017

Aim: To find the Prevalence of Blood sugar among Patients Attending Eye Clinic in Guinness Eye Hospital Onitsha from 2010-2017.
Methodology: This is a retrospective study of patient that attended the Guinness eye hospital Onitsha from January 2010 to December 2017 was conducted. The urine sugar, urine protein and blood sugar analysis data carried out in the laboratory unit were used to determine the prevalence of blood sugar among patients, aged 6 to 84 years.

Results: A total of 56,550 patients that attended the Guinness eye hospital were mandatory screened for urine sugar and protein, 26,747 (55%) were males while 29,803(45%) were female. From 2010-2017 data, in all 5,336(9.4%) patients had urine sugar, 1,556(2.7%) patients had urine protein, 720(1.3%) patients had both sugar and protein in their urine. 4,876 (91.3%) patients out of the 5,336 patients with urine sugar had their blood sugar level greater than 180mg/dl.

Conclusion: The prevalence of blood sugar in patients attending Guinness eye hospital, Onitsha is low (12.0%).This is due to the fact that the people are becoming aware of diabetes mellitus as a metabolic abnormality and avoiding unhealthy diet associated with obesity and hypertension (7)

Keywords: Prevalence, Blood Sugar, Patients, Guinness eye hospital