Dr. Subhakar Reddy

L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

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Subhakar Reddy completed his graduation from Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool and went on to complete his M.S. (Ophthalmology) from Regional Eye Hospital, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool. He completed his clinical fellowship in Medical retina and Uveitis s from L V Prasad Eye Institute. He has to his credit, several indexed publications both at the national and international level. His areas of interest are multimodal retinal imaging in infectious and non-infectious uveitis, retinal vascular diseases and Age related macular degeneration.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 20 min read

    Ocular Syphilis

    Introduction: Syphilis is considered as a great mimicker due to its varied protean manifestations. It was first recognized in Europe in the late 15th century.[1] There have been several hypotheses regarding the origin and spread of syphilis and it is believed that the disease was brought back from the New World by the crew of Christopher Columbus, some of whom likely had syphilis on returning to Spain. Since the advent of Penicillin in the mid-20th century, the incidence of syphilis has reduced however it still represents a larger global problem [2] and an estimated 12 million new cases of syphilis are added every year worldwide and more than 90% are from developing countries.[3] The risk is particularly higher in men who have sex with men (MSM) and socially marginalized groups and those with HIV Co-infection.[4] The 2015 statistics from The Center for disease control and prevention (CDC) reported a 7.5 per 100,000 population of primary and secondary syphilis. (4). There has been a rec

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