Vernal conjunctivitis in Nigerian children

Vernal conjunctivitis in 92 Nigerian children are reported. Males are more affected than females. Majority of the patients are in the first decade of life. The disease is usually chronic and palpebral form is twice as common as the limbal. More patients are seen in the early wet season and only in about 10 percent is a history of atopic diseases obtained. The variations of this disease in this series may be due to geographical rather than racial factors.