Abstract
An awareness study about the Eye safety while breast feeding in small children and infants, as there are always chances of an eye injury to the baby with the hook of mother’s blouse. In India blouse is a traditional top women used to wear mostly.
Highlights
A four days old baby girl reported to our hospital in emergency followed by an injury with a hook of a blouse
As an eye health care provider we noticed that there are lots of trauma cases are being reported to us with history of injury with a hook of blouse while breast feeding to their babies
This is typically happening with the blouse only because in rural part women do veil and due to veil women some time cannot see well that hook comes very close to the baby’s eye and causes trauma
Summary
A four days old baby girl reported to our hospital in emergency followed by an injury with a hook of a blouse. On examination she was diagnosed small lid tear at upper lid. Baby’s mother told that she was feeding her and suddenly she moved her head and blouse hook scratched the upper lid. She taken to Operating room and tear sutured under topical anesthesia.
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