Changes in the eye organ after kidney transplantation

Abstract

Patients after kidney transplantation may have com­plications from the eye. It is caused by both chronic immunosuppressive treatment and diseases that the patient is burdened with before kidney transplanta­tion and those that he develops after transplantation. The most important diseases affecting the condition of the eyes are diabetes and hypertension. Eye dis­eases such as glaucoma are also not without im­pact. The most common ocular complications that may occur in kidney transplant patients include: posterior cataract, steroid glaucoma, diabetic reti­nopathy, hypertensive angiopathy. The rare ocular complications in this group of patients include: optic neuropathy, intraocular infections (caused by cyto­megalovirus or fungal infection), optic neuritis or the appearance of epiretinal membrane. This article dis­cusses the most important ophthalmological condi­tions in kidney transplant patients.