FEATURES OF THE MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS OF THE LIGHT-REFRACTING PARTS OF THE EYE AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE FUNDUS IN CHILDREN OF THE SECOND PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD WITH DIABETES MELLITUS AND MYOPIA

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most common endocrine pathology in children. Acute complications, severe chronic complications, premature death at a young age put diabetes on a par with the most important problems in medicine. The aim of our work was to study the features of the morphometric parameters of the light-refracting parts of the eye and the elements of the fundus in children of the second period of childhood with diabetes mellitus and myopia. The data of the survey of morphometric parameters of the light-refractive parts of the eye and elements of the fundus in children with diabetes mellitus with myopia, 166 sick children from 7 to 18 years old, for the period from 2019-2022, were analyzed, and 60 children without diabetes mellitus with myopia and 40 healthy children were also examined. children (comparison group) of the same age and sex.