Publications by authors named "Kajal Agrawal"
Article Synopsis
- The perspective promotes the use of salutogenesis, a theory focusing on factors that contribute to health, as a new way to treat ophthalmologic inflammatory conditions, emphasizing its application in medical practice.
- It explains how daily stressors can negatively impact health, particularly in individuals with poor vision, and highlights the need to consider alleviating factors in treatment.
- The authors suggest that applying salutogenic principles could enhance patient autonomy, improve treatment compliance, and inform public health policies while noting the current lack of research in this area.
Update on coronavirus disease 2019: Ophthalmic Manifestations and Adverse Reactions to Vaccination.
Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila)
December 2023
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was one of the most devastating public health issues in recent decades. The ophthalmology community is as concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic as the global public health community is, as COVID-19 was recognized to affect multiple organs in the human body, including the eyes, early in the course of the outbreak. Ophthalmic manifestations of COVID-19 are highly variable and could range from mild ocular surface abnormalities to potentially sight and life-threatening orbital and neuro-ophthalmic diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVisual impairment is a crippling condition affecting quality of life and depriving patients of many opportunities. It is associated with increased mortality rates directly through occurrence of adverse events such as falls and impaired emotional well-being, and indirectly through visual impairment brought upon by systemic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension (Foong et al. 2008, Fong et al.
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