Original Research Article
Year: 2014 | Month: January | Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 108-111
Modes and Impacts of Agriculture Related Ocular Injury
Saumen Kumar Chaudhuri1, Subhasis Jana2*, Jayanta Biswas2, Mousumi Bandyopadhya3
1Assistant Professor, 2Final year MS PGT, 3Professor and Head,
Dept. of Ophthalmology, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan- 713104
*Corresponding Author: Subhasis Jana
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Farmers are more prone to ocular injuries, commonly corneal injuries during the period of harvesting due to accidental injury with rice and cattle if untreated can lead to blindness.
Aims: To find out the mode and impact of ocular injury in farmers in the region of District of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
Materials: All patients admitted in the Department of Ophthalmology Burdwan Medical College with ocular injuries related to farming were included in this study. This study was carried out June 2012 to May 2013. Patients of age 18 and above were included in this study. Minimum age was 18 years.
Results: Total 196 patients were admitted during the study period with the history of agriculture related ocular diseases. Male (M) was more common than female (F), male and female ratio was 3:1.
Most common age group was 31-44 years, which was 34.69% (68). Most common mode of ocular injury was due to rice grain injury, 53.57% (105). Common causes of hospital admission was corneal ulcer, 42.35% (83) followed by traumatic hyphema 20.92% (41). Majority of the cases were recovered within second week, 56.13% (110). Visual outcome was excellent in76.53% (150) cases.
Conclusion: There is a great need to be more safety-conscious during the agriculture works. Encouragement to use protective goggles and increased awareness about minor trauma related ocular morbidities especially corneal ulcer.
Key words: farmer, ocular injury, protective goggles.