Review Of Ocular Injuries In Malaysia
- Author:
Thanigasalam Thevi
;
Sagili Chandrasekhara Reddy
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Ocular injury;
blunt injury of eye;
perforating injury of eye;
chemical injury of eye
- From:Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
2017;17(1):69-77
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Ocular injuries or trauma to the eye can be caused by variety of objects resulting in a spectrum of lesions in the eye.
We did a Pubmed/Google/Science Direct search to review the spectrum of ocular injuries in Malaysia. In our review,
we included 28 papers providing information on ocular injuries which were published from Malaysia during the period
1991-2016 in different medical journals. Prevalence was more among males with an average age of 35 years. Among
adults they were more common in the workplace but in children it occurred at home. Few wore protective glasses at
work. The mode of injury was due to sharp objects hitting the eye, motor vehicle and domestic accidents,
firecrackers, chemicals and rarer causes like superglue and durian fruit. Prognostic factors for outcome were the
initial visual acuity, length of the wound, associated factors like hyphaema, intraocular foreign body and vitreous
prolapse. Missing the diagnosis of perforation of the eyeball is possible without eliciting a proper history. Protective
devices must be worn to prevent injuries. Display of health education charts showing the effect of injuries in the eye
and their preventive measures in health centres, private hospitals, schools, factories and sports centres will increase
the awareness of public about the ocular injuries. It is important to diagnose the tissues involved in ocular trauma by
the general practitioners and primary care physicians and refer the patients to the Ophthalmologist urgently for
treatment to salvage vision. Compensation mechanisms should then be put forth in terms of rehabilitation and for
monetary loss.
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