Ocular Health Assessment Of Workers In Various Chemical And Pharmaceutical Industries

Workersworkinginchemicalindustryareexposedtothousandsofchemical.Someofthesechemicalshaveadirecteffectoneyeandocularhealthandcancauseocularproblems.Sothisstudyaimedtodeterminetheocularexposuretochemicalsindifferentchemical/pharmaceuticalindustries.METHODS:Aclinicalexaminationwasaccompaniedbyadetailedoccupationalhistory.Theexaminationoftechnicalworkersincludesvisualacuity,colorvision,torchlightandslitlampexamination,stereopsis,dryeyeconditions,fundusevaluation,objectiveandsubjectiverefractionandvisualfieldtesting.RESULTS:Total203workerswereincludedinstudyfromdifferentchemical/pharmaceuticalindustries.Therewasagreaterprevalenceofanteriorsegmentdisorders(40%)overposteriorsegmentdiseases(2%)withinexposedareas.40%workershadanteriorsegmentdiseasesandoutofthis,prevalenceofcataractis74%,whichishigherthananyotheranteriorsegmentdiseases.86%workerswerenotusinganykindofPPEduringtheirwork.69%workersexperienceddryeyesinbotheyeand58%workershadreducedstereopsis.CONCLUSION:Workersexposedtochemicalsdevelopedmoreanteriorsegmentdisorderse.g.dryeye,allergicconjunctivitis,cataractetc.Almostallofoccupationaleyedisordersaremoreeasilypreventedthantreated.Severalpreventivemeasuresarenowavailable.Withsuchpreventivemeasuresreadilyavailable,bothemployersandemployeesmustworkaggressivelytodecreasethenumberofworkersaffectedwithanoccupationaleyedisorders.Thereisanintenseneedofperiodicindustrialvisionscreening,sooccupationalrelatedeyediseasescanbeeasilypreventedandearlydetected.Easyprevention&earlydetectioncansaveworker’seyesandvision.

Visual Function And Subjective Perception Of Patients With Full Thickness Macular Hole

Background: Patients with full thickness macular hole face difficulties in their day to day life because central part of retina, i.e. macula is affected which is responsible for maximum central vision. Not only vision but it is also responsible for depth perception, color vision and contrast. So, patients having full thickness macular hole will have central scotoma which leads to problems in seeing central part or straight ahead view. These all factors simultaneously affect quality of life of patients.