Nwosu S N
Nnammdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi, Nigeria.
West Afr J Med. 1995 Jul-Sep;14(3):137-40.
A study of domestic ocular and adnexal injuries over an 18 month period at the Guiness Eye Centre Onitsha showed that they constitute 26.4% of all cases of ocular trauma. Women and children were at a greater risk of sustaining eye injuries from domestic activities. The activities leading to injuries in the 45 patients studied were fight, children's play, chopping firewood, plucking fruits/vegetables and corporal punishment; the injuries were inflicted by self; playmates, siblings, parents and husbands; the agents of injury were fist, missibles, sticks and other sharp objects, exploding bottles and human bite. Most patients presented more than one week after injury. Only 18 patients (40%) kept follow-up appointment. Among these visual acuity improved in 11 while 5 remained blind. The importance of these epidemiologic characteristics in relation to prevention of such injuries and reduction of ocular morbidity in established cases are discussed.
对奥尼查吉尼斯眼科中心18个月内的家庭眼及附属器损伤情况进行的一项研究表明，此类损伤占所有眼外伤病例的26.4%。妇女和儿童因家庭活动而遭受眼损伤的风险更高。在研究的45例患者中，导致受伤的活动包括打架、儿童玩耍、砍柴、采摘水果/蔬菜和体罚；致伤者为本人、玩伴、兄弟姐妹、父母和丈夫；致伤物为拳头、投掷物、棍棒和其他尖锐物体、爆炸的瓶子以及人咬伤。大多数患者在受伤一周多后才前来就诊。只有18例患者（40%）进行了随访预约。其中，11例患者视力有所改善，5例仍失明。本文讨论了这些流行病学特征对于预防此类损伤以及降低已确诊病例的眼部发病率的重要性。
