[The influence of meteorological factors in wintertime on the incidence of the occurrence of acute endogenous iridocyclitis].
OBJECTIVE
I tried to establish if the atmospheric factors such as: temperature, pressure, humidity of the air, wind, had any influence on the onset of acute uveitis.


METHODS
This study was made on 597 cases with acute uveitis hospitalized in the Eye Clinic--Cluj-Napoca, between 1983-1991.


CONCLUSIONS
During winter, in the region of Cluj, acute uveitis occurred significantly more often: 1. When the weather was warmer or colder than the mean value of the season, and the temperature varied with more than 4 degrees C from the previous day; 2. When the humidity of the air was low (dry weather); 3. When the wind was more than 4 m/s. Correlating the physiological knowledge with the studies about weather and the living organisms, I draw some possible pathogenetic mechanisms to explain the influence of the meteorological factors on the onset of acute uveitis, in winter.
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Clinica Oftalmologică Cluj-Napoca.
D000208:Acute Disease; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015863:Iridocyclitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons