Keunen Jan E E, Delbecq Ann-Laure M H, Cruysberg J R M Hans, van Meurs Jan C, Gan Ivan M, Berendschot Tos T J M
Radboudumc, afd. Oogheelkunde, Nijmegen.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2014;158:A7813.
In the nineteen-nineties, there was much hype in the European media about presumed laser pointer maculopathy. However, the recent introduction of more powerful and therefore more dangerous laser pointers and their easy availability on the internet necessitates vigilance on the issue. This is an urgent matter, as here we report three cases of proven maculopathy due to an unsafe laser pointer. Three boys aged 13, 9 and 12 years used an unsafe laser pointer as a toy and looked repeatedly into the pointer, resulting in a permanent reduction in visual acuity due to macular damage. Laser pointers are not designed to be children's toys or instruments to annoy people in a crowd. Health authorities and the ophthalmic community should be aware of the potential danger of improper use of high-output laser pointers and warn the general public before the widespread availability of unsafe laser pointers and consequently laser pointer-induced macular damage becomes a true social problem.
在20世纪90年代，欧洲媒体对所谓的激光笔致黄斑病变大肆炒作。然而，最近出现了功率更大因而更危险的激光笔，且在互联网上很容易买到，这就需要对此问题保持警惕。这是一个紧迫的问题，因为我们在此报告了3例因使用不安全激光笔而确诊黄斑病变的病例。3名年龄分别为13岁、9岁和12岁的男孩将不安全的激光笔当作玩具，反复直视激光笔，导致黄斑受损，视力永久性下降。激光笔并非设计用作儿童玩具或在人群中骚扰他人的工具。卫生当局和眼科界应意识到不当使用高输出激光笔的潜在危险，并在不安全激光笔广泛普及、激光笔致黄斑损伤成为一个真正的社会问题之前，向公众发出警告。
