Authors :
Dr. Neha Singh Chauhan; Dr.Jayashree Pradhan; Dr.Chitra Sunov; Dr.Anuj Singh
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG693
Abstract :
No doubt ‘sight’ is the best gift of life from God.
Although scientific advancement of 21st. Century has
developed many artificial organs for human body but
an artificial eye that can see is not developed yet. The
ocular injury doesn’t lead to death but the consequence
in terms of visual impairment or blindness, snatches the
zeal to live life. Bhilai, being the industrial area, the load
of ocular injuryis quite high. Keeping in view, this study
was planned to assess the ocular injury cases of this
region.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in
department of Ophthalmology of Jawaharlal Nehru
Hospital and research centre, Bhilai. Total 250 cases of
ocular injury came to hospital during 1st August 2016 to
July 2017 were assessed for age, sex as well as industrial
and non-industrial distribution of ocular injuries.
Ocular injuries were commonest in the age group
20-29 years (29.2%) and majority of patients were
males 75.2% whereas females were 24.8%. Industrial
ocular injuries were 18% among that iron chip is the
commonest cause 7.6%. However, majority of ocular
cases were non industrial 82% and the main mode were
domestic injuries and casual accidents 43.6%
The first three decades of life are more vulnerable
to ocular trauma especially in males because of more
exposure to outdoor life. Better compliance with
Factories Act, 1948 is the reason of lower incidence of
industrial associated ocular injuries in the study
denoting safe working environment of this region.
Keywords :
Ocular Injury, Trauma, Vision.
No doubt ‘sight’ is the best gift of life from God.
Although scientific advancement of 21st. Century has
developed many artificial organs for human body but
an artificial eye that can see is not developed yet. The
ocular injury doesn’t lead to death but the consequence
in terms of visual impairment or blindness, snatches the
zeal to live life. Bhilai, being the industrial area, the load
of ocular injuryis quite high. Keeping in view, this study
was planned to assess the ocular injury cases of this
region.
This cross-sectional study was conducted in
department of Ophthalmology of Jawaharlal Nehru
Hospital and research centre, Bhilai. Total 250 cases of
ocular injury came to hospital during 1st August 2016 to
July 2017 were assessed for age, sex as well as industrial
and non-industrial distribution of ocular injuries.
Ocular injuries were commonest in the age group
20-29 years (29.2%) and majority of patients were
males 75.2% whereas females were 24.8%. Industrial
ocular injuries were 18% among that iron chip is the
commonest cause 7.6%. However, majority of ocular
cases were non industrial 82% and the main mode were
domestic injuries and casual accidents 43.6%
The first three decades of life are more vulnerable
to ocular trauma especially in males because of more
exposure to outdoor life. Better compliance with
Factories Act, 1948 is the reason of lower incidence of
industrial associated ocular injuries in the study
denoting safe working environment of this region.
Keywords :
Ocular Injury, Trauma, Vision.
