Eye injury- This course is designed to understand the concept of community health nursing: nurses’ roles and interventions in family health, school health, occupational health, environmental health, elderly health care, gender issues, disaster management and principles and terminology of epidemiology. The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge and skills in community health nursing.
Eye injury
Name Common Eye Injury:
- Burn Percentage in Adults: Rule of Nines
- Corneal Abrasion
- Chemical burn
- Sudden painless severe loss of vision
- Corneal Ulcer
- Eye Pain
- Hyphema (Bleeding in Eye)
- Sub-conjunctival Hemorrhage (Bleeding in Eye)
- Sunburn (Sun Poisoning)
- Wounds (Care)
- Eye Swelling
- Traumatic Iritis
Non-accidental injuries
- Retinal haemorrhages.
- Peri-ocular bruising or lid laceration.
- Sub-conjunctival haemorrhage.
- Unexplained lens dislocation or cataract.
- Unexplained conjunctival or corneal injuries, particularly in the lower half of the eye.
(Ref-Samar K.Basak, 2)
Causes of Eye Injury:
➤ Chemical exposures and burn-
- Soap
- Sunscreen
- liquid splashing
- tear gas
- acid & alkali
➤ Hyphemas & orbital blowout fractures
➤ laceration (cuts) to the eyelids or conjunctiva
➤ Laceration to the cornea and sclera
➤ Traumatic Iritis
➤ Ultraviolet keratitis
➤ Solar retinopathy
➤ Foreign bodies in the eye-
- Usually wood, metal or plastic.
(Ref-Samar K.Basak, 24)
Symptoms/signs:
Pain,
blurring,
➤ photophobia,
➤ Foreign body sensation.
➤ Blepharospasm,
➤ Red eye,
➤ Cloudy cornea.
(Ref-Samar K.Basak, 2)
Prevention of Eye Injuries:
- Most eye injuries can be prevented with safety glasses or other forms of eye protection such as full face shields often seen with motorcycle helmets or even welder’s shields.
- People should wear safety glasses whenever they operate power tools, such as drills, saws, or power washers; when using a hammer, or when mixing or spraying chemicals.
- Welder’s goggles or face masks should be used when using an arc welder. A common scenario for ultraviolet keratitis in welders is that the welder lights his or her torch with the welder’s mask up and then flips it down after the torch is lit.
- Eye coverings should be used by people in tanning beds or in tanning booths, but it is best to completely avoid tanning, indoors and outdoors, to reduce chances of developing skin cancers or skin damage.
Do not rub the eyes. - Never look directly into the sun. When outdoors on bright, sunny days, wear good quality sunglasses. This will reduce the amount of ultraviolet exposure to the eyes. This is particularly important when there is significant reflective glare, such as at the beach, on the water, or in snow-covered areas.
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