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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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Scare air gun-induced ocular trauma in an agriculture farm in India
Srinivasan Sanjay1, Aditi Gupta1, Shylaja Uday2
1 Department of Uveitis and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Cornea, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Srinivasan Sanjay
Narayana Nethralaya, Chord Road, Rajaji Nagar, Bengaluru - 560 010, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/pajo.pajo_54_22
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Purpose: The purpose was to highlight the potential dangers of the air gun loaded with carbide commonly used by the farmers, causing injury to the eye. Scare airguns are used to prevent the birds from destroying the crops in their fields.
Method: This was an observational study.
Results: A 44-year-old Indian male presented to us with redness, diminution of vision, and mucopurulent discharge in his right eye (RE). On evaluation, it showed lid edema, excoriations, conjunctival congestion, corneal epithelial defect, anterior chamber inflammation, and hyphema in his RE. On his last follow-up a month later, hyphema and anterior chamber inflammation had resolved in his RE with an improved visual acuity. He was also educated about the dangers of using illegal air guns.
Conclusion: Eye protection should be used when using devices that are inflammable. Ocular air gun injuries can range from some causing minor corneal abrasions to potentially serious ones. Due to the timely evaluation and treatment of our patient, the patient did not suffer significant visual morbidity.
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