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Pregnancy and the eye

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK E-mail: sushmaojas{at}yahoo.com (corresponding author)

Rekha Wuntakal, MD, Clinical Observer

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK

Aashish Anand, MD

Senior House Officer in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, Queen's Hospital, Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0RB, UK

Tarun K Sharma, MD FRCS

Senior Registrar in Ophthalmology, Oxford Eye Hospital, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX1 6HE, UK

Gabrielle Downey, MRCOG

Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, City Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, B18 7QH, UK

Changes in metabolism, hormone profile and blood circulation that normally occur during pregnancy can affect functioning of the mother's eyes.Visual changes in pregnancy are common and many are specifically associated with pregnancy itself. Knowledge of these ocular changes can help to differentiate the physiological changes from ocular manifestation of systemic disease and diseases pertaining to the eye in a pregnant woman. The effects of pregnancy on the eye are reviewed in this article.

Keywords diabetes / eye / glaucoma / ocular changes / pre-eclampsia / pregnancy