A piece of broomstick can accidentally penetrate the eye if the broom is not handled properly. It is made from a bundle of broomsticks obtained from the raffia palm. The broom is a common household implement in Africa, used for household chores such as sweeping, brushing of floors and even cooking in some cultures. Few case reports of broomstick eye injury have been reported from Ghana and South Africa. None was seen in an earlier review of perforating eye injuries in children in Benin City, Nigeria between 19. Two cases of broomstick eye injury were seen in a 6-year review in Port Harcourt, Nigeria as a cause of penetrating eye injury. Uni-ocular blindness also has a psychological effect on the child, Penetrating ocular injuries in particular often cause severe damage resulting in loss of vision or eye and quite a number of reports emphasize the high occurrence and frequent severity of eye injuries in children.Ī wide variety of objects have been identified as agents of ocular trauma causing penetrating eye injuries in children these include sharp objects such as pencils, sticks, twigs, sharp edges of toys, missiles from pellets and stone, metal rods. The accruing child blind years often subject the child to a poor quality of life, affect educational and lifelong learning and significantly reduce empowerment opportunities for the child even if he/she survives to adulthood. Ocular trauma among children is considered a very serious public health concern as it is responsible for a high incidence of uni-ocular blindness and less commonly bilateral blindness.
Eye injuries are related to particular occupations or cultural environments, so the type and prognosis of injuries seen in developing countries are not similar to those in industrialized countries.
Ocular injuries are not only more common in developing countries, but also more severe in their effects.
In 1992, Thylefors reported that in developing countries, ocular trauma represents about 5% of blindness cases. PO Box, Afghanistan, Africa, Albania, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Central America and Caribbean, Chad, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Guam, Guernsey, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niue, North America, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Qatar, Republic of Cuba, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South America, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.Eye injuries remain a major public health problem globally.
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