Ocular Accomodation in Juvenile Diabetics

A Preliminary Report

Abstract

This paper discusses aspects of Ocular Accommodation measured by the push-up to blur out and minus lens to blur out methods in a sample population of juvenile diabetics. The data suggest an accelerated age-­related trend to loss of accommoda­tion. Since as many as 2/3 of this sample failed to reach Duane's minimum norms of accommodation careful measurement of ocular ac­commodation in young persons between 6 and 18 years of age may provide a means of early detection of diabetes mellitus, particularly when considered in conjunction with a tear glucose test and case history. Since this is a preliminary report the authors ask speculative questions on causative mechanisms.