Description of Blood Glucose Levels in Catarac Patients

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 1179; no. 1; pp. 12137 - 12141
• Main Authors: Nurpalah, Rianti, Kusmiati, Meti, Mardiana, Ummy, Arrizqiyani, Tanendri, Jahrotul J, Yusi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Blood; Cataracts; Glucose; Lenses; Sorbitol; Turbidity; Vision
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1179/1/012137

Vision is one of the factors that are very supportive in our daily lives; vision can be achieved well through the eye. It consists of various parts which are support each other if there is a disturbance in one part, the eye function will not work properly. One of the causes of eye disorders is the occurrence of turbidity in the part of the eye lens which is commonly called cataract. Cataracts can occur due to an increase in high blood glucose levels and the accumulation of one component of glucose (sorbitol) in the area of the lens. Research has been carried out on the description of blood glucose levels in cataract patients at the Cicendo Eye Hospital in Bandung on June 5 - June 8, 2017. The purpose of the research is to find out the blood glucose description in cataract patients. The method of the research is a descriptive. The examination performed by using fasting blood glucose parameters on 36 cataract patients as respondents. Based on the results of the research, 2.7% had low blood glucose levels, 47.3% had normal blood glucose, and 50% had high blood glucose levels.