Juan-López M, Peña-Corona M P
Subsecretaría de Regulación y Fomento Sanitario, Secretaría de Salud (SSA), México.
Salud Publica Mex. 1993 Sep-Oct;35(5):494-9.
A total solar eclipse was watched by almost [corrected] 50 million people in the Mexican Republic on July 11, 1991. Cases of solar retinitis, which can even lead to permanent loss of visual function, have been reported in the international literature. The institutions of the National Health System employed a strategy for the prevention of risks and health damages caused by direct observation of the phenomenon, which implied the elaboration of a technical norm concerning the manufacturing of sun filters, the diffusion of preventive actions through the use of mass media, the detection and prompt care of cases and the establishment of an ophthalmologic care system and epidemiological surveillance system. The result was the detection of 21 moderate cases of solar retinitis, all of which recovered their full visual function after four months. The present article reports the implemented actions and the details of the cases.
1991年7月11日，墨西哥共和国近5000万人观看了日全食。国际文献中已报道了太阳视网膜病变的病例，这种病变甚至可能导致视觉功能永久性丧失。国家卫生系统各机构采取了一项战略，以预防因直接观测这一现象而造成的风险和健康损害，这意味着要制定一项关于太阳滤光镜制造的技术规范，通过大众媒体传播预防措施，对病例进行检测和及时治疗，并建立眼科护理系统和流行病学监测系统。结果是检测出21例中度太阳视网膜病变病例，所有病例在四个月后均恢复了全部视觉功能。本文报告了所采取的行动及病例详情。
