Abstract
Pediatric ocular trauma is the main challenge for ophthalmologists. It is the most crucial cause of monocular blindness. Thus, it is the main problem in public health management. This study is aimed to determine the clinical characteristics and visual consequences of ocular trauma. The ocular trauma with further complications can result in blindness. An immediate evaluation of the potential damage may be impossible because of vitreous hemorrhage or may be ill-advised because of hyphema or damage to other ocular or orbital structures. Books like Comprehensive Ophthalmology by Dr. A K Khurana and various articles, WHO (World Health Organization) website, etcetera were referred for this review article. Trauma in pediatric age groups is more prevalent than that in adult age groups. The so, the male gender is more prone to such injuri females. This study concludes that trauma to eyes the is the leather dying cause of ocular morbidity, which can be avoided by simple measures. First aid and early treatment can cause a significant decrease in loss of vision due to ocular trauma. Thus, a little awareness in parents and guardians can help decrease loss and blindness in the pediatric population. Eye injury, if occurred in a closed eye, causes contusion or lamellar laceration, and if that happens in an open eye, then it can lead to rupture, perforation, or penetrating injury to the eyeball. Troma to the eyes is the leading cause of ocular morbidity, which simple measures can avoid. First aid and early treatment can cause significant decrease in loss of vision due to ocular trauma. Thus, a little awareness in parents and guardians can help decrease loss and blindness in the pediatric population.
Highlights
The eyeball is composed of a dense, elastic supporting membrane
The midpoint on extreme convexities of the anterior and posterior curvature of the globe of eye are termed as anterior pole and posterior pole respectively
Eye injury if occurred in closed eye, causes contusion or lamellar laceration and if that happens in an open eye, it can lead to rupture, perforation or penetrating injury to the eyeball
Summary
The eyeball is composed of a dense, elastic supporting membrane. The anterior most part of membrane is transparent and is termed as cornea. The eye can be injured by variety of agents such as chemicals, heat, different kind of radiations and mechanical trauma. Types of eye injury includes chemical injuries, mechanical injuries, contusion injury, penetrating injury and penetrating injury with retention of foreign bodies. Various studies have shown the complications of these types of injuries but still this is not a public health issue till now. Various studies have shown the complications of these types of injuries but still this is not a public health issue till This might be due to the fact that trauma is not considered as a public health problem. First aid and early treatment can cause significant decrease in loss of vision due to ocular trauma. A little awareness in parents and guardians can help in decreasing the vision loss and blindness in pediatric population
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