A STUDY OF CORNEAL INJURIES IN RIMS TEACHING HOSPITAL

INTRODUCTION Corneal injuries remain an important cause of avoidable and, predominantly, monocular visual morbidity, the main strategy to prevent these injuries has been to educate people to identify high-risk situations and to take correct action to avoid danger. Present study conducted in the department of ophthalmology of Raichur institute of Medical sciences teaching Hospital, with 49 patients of ocular trauma above 14 years of either sex was subjected to slit lamp examination to ensure the cornea is involved the etiology of the injury was noted. Then the pattern of the corneal injury was studied under the slit lamp examination. The Prevalence of corneal blindness was 10.20% (5) were had corneal blindness in both eyes and 24.49% (12) were had corneal blindness in one eye in Raichur. The majority of corneal injuries are avoidable. Eye health promotion strategies are warranted to raise awareness about the causes and prevention of corneal blindness.