Are Short Height and Shallow Anterior Chamber of Eye Related ?

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– September 19, 2009Posted in: Featured

Shallow Anterior Chamber of Eye causes less access to the interiors of the eye during surgery.The surgery in such case is to be done being extremely careful of the treats from inter-related complications.Apart from this,people with shallow anterior chamber of eye have high risks of hypotomy,glucoma,cataract.A Research Study conducted last year (Sep. 2008) in U.K. and Singapore found that short people have shallow anterior chamber of eye.Such people are thus prone to the above mentioned complications and threats to eye.

The Research was conducted on 996 Chinese adults from the district Tanjong Pagar in Singapore.Their height and Anterior Chamber Depth were among the other parameters measured.The results are tabulated:

S.No. Height Anterior Chamber Depth
1. 144cms and Below 2.35mm
2. 170cms and Below 2.72mm
3. 160.0cms – 170.6 cms ( Average Singapore Height) 2.62mm – 3.36mm ( Normal ACD )

eye It was clear from the study that short people have significantly shallow anterior chamber depth.The anterior chamber is the region between the iris and the cornea.It is moist and filled with water.The Black center of the eye is called pupil.It is surrounded by the blue region called iris.

The iris determine our eye color.It controls the size of the pupil.Expansion and contraction of pupil is responsible for an amount of light to enter our eye.More light enters when the pupil expands and the light fades as it contracts.The pupil,iris and anterior chamber form the transparent front section of the eye called cornea.Two-third of eye’s optical power is attributed to the cornea.

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