TEAR FUNCTION IN THE HEALTHY EYES OF UNILATERAL LATENT HERPETIC STROMAL KERATITIS PATIENTS TEK TARAFLI HERPETİK STROMAL KERATİTLİ HASTALARIN SAĞLIKLI GÖZLERİNDE GÖZYAŞI İŞLEVİ

This study was conducted to evaluate the tear function in the healthy eye of the patients with unilateral latent stromal herpetic keratitis. Fourty two patients with unilateral latent stromal herpetic keratitis were acquired from the cornea department. Control group consisted of 44 people including 25 women and 19 men. A 5-minute conventional Schirmer I test without anesthesia was performed on closed eyes. Tear BUT was measured and corneal fluorescein staining pattern evaluated in both groups. t test was used for comparison of the mean age of the two groups. Chi square test was used for the comparison of sex, smoking habits and tear function values of control and test groups. t test for was used for independent groups and chi square test was used for the comparisons. There were no statistically significant difference between two groups in terms of mean age, sex and cigarette use. Corneal staining was positive in 31.7 % in herpes group and 6.8 % in control group. This difference was statistically significant (χ2: 8,604, p:0,005). Mean Schirmer value was 9.0±8.2mm in herpes group, 19.0±9.8mm in control group