グラベスの眼病と喫煙との関連
B Shine1, P Fells, O M Edwards
1Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|May 26, 1990
まとめ
喫煙者は,グレイブスの患者でより一般的です.
科学分野:
- エンドクリノロジー エンドクリノロジー
- オフタルモロジック (眼科)
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
背景:
- グレイヴス病は,甲状腺に影響する自己免疫疾患です.
- グラブス眼症は,グラブス病の一般的な症状であり,目の合併症を引き起こします.
- 喫煙は,様々な健康状態の既知の危険因子ですが,グレイヴス病と眼疾患におけるその特定の役割については,さらなる解明が必要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 喫煙とグレイヴス眼科病の存在と重度の関連性を調査する.
- グラベス病 (眼病と無症状) の患者と対照群の喫煙率を比較する.
主な方法:
- グラベス病と診断された患者さんを対象に郵送調査が行われました.
- 参加者には,喫煙歴について質問されました.
- 喫煙状況と喫煙の強さは,眼病のあるグループとないグループ,および対照群との間で比較されました.
主要な成果:
- グラベス症の眼病群では,グラベス症の甲状腺毒性症のみの群と対照群と比較して,喫煙者の割合が著しく高いことが観察されました.
- 重度の眼病症状を発症した患者は,より軽度の眼病を患っている患者よりも,タバコの消費量が著しく高かった.
結論:
- 喫煙は,グレイブスの眼病の存在と強く関連しています.
- タバコの消費量の増加は,グレイヴス病における眼の症状の重度と相関しています.
- グラブス病の患者,特に眼病の危険性のある患者には,禁煙を強く勧めなければなりません.
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