EC Ophthalmology

India is a country in South Asia. It's a seventh largest country by area and second most populus country in the world.

India is a megadiverse country in terms of geography, ethnicity, food habits and lifestyle.

Diabetes is a rapidly growing health challenge and potential epidemic across the different economic groups of India and threat of increasing economic blind people is new challenge for service providers. It is projected that by 2025 the no of cases of diabetes in India would be approximately 69 million and one third of diabetic pts have threat of VTDR. Many studies done on prevalence of DM globally and in India. These are tip of an iceberg as no of glucose impaired, pre-diabetic and early onset of Diabetic increasing yearly and so the diabetic age and complications. Asian phenotype or sudden change in food habits, life style socioeconomic changes may be the cause of increase in no of diabetic population in India. VTDR is projected to increase in parallel with the exponential rise in prevalence of diabetes in country. Many studies shows VTDR prevalence in between 7 - 11%.