Department of Pharmacy Services, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Pharm J. 2012 Apr;20(2):177-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jsps.2011.09.006. Epub 2011 Oct 5.
Homemade and folk remedies' use is widely practiced in under developed countries, of the used materials are plant extracts, lemon juice and some dried insect bodies.
We report a case of severe ocular injury and its management after self administered plants seeds in both the eyes of a 47-year-old man who had bilateral severe ocular damage after he put the seeds of a plant Lepidium Sativum (Rashad) in his eyes. He reported severe ocular pain and redness, conjunctival epithelial defect and symblepharon. A conjunctival biopsy was taken which turned out to be negative for the immunological staining studies for Ocular Cicatricial Pemphegoid (OCP). The patient's visual acuity improved from 20/40 before treatment to 20/25 after treatment with no further sequelae after 3 months follow-up.
Self induced plant extracts can cause ocular complications. Public awareness is necessary to help in discouraging the use of these harmful plant extracts in human eyes.
在欠发达国家，人们广泛使用自制和民间疗法，所用材料包括植物提取物、柠檬汁和一些干虫体。
我们报告了一例严重眼部损伤病例及其治疗方法。一名 47 岁男子将 Lepidium Sativum（Rashad）植物种子自行放入双眼后，出现双侧严重眼部损伤。他主诉严重的眼部疼痛和眼红、结膜上皮缺损和睑球粘连。进行了结膜活检，免疫染色研究结果为阴性，排除了眼瘢痕性类天疱疮（OCP）。治疗后患者视力从治疗前的 20/40 提高到 20/25，3 个月随访后无进一步后遗症。
自行使用植物提取物可导致眼部并发症。有必要提高公众意识，以劝阻人们不要将这些有害的植物提取物用于人眼。
