@article{ref1,
title="Severe ocular injury and its management following self induced plant extracts: A case report",
journal="Saudi pharmaceutical journal",
year="2012",
author="Al-Saikhan, Fahad and Amry, Mohamed Al and Al-Othaimeen, Saleh and Alwadani, Saeed",
volume="20",
number="2",
pages="177-179",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Homemade and folk remedies' use is widely practiced in under developed countries, of the used materials are plant extracts, lemon juice and some dried insect bodies. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of severe ocular injury and its management after self administered plants seeds in both the eyes of a 47-year-old man who had bilateral severe ocular damage after he put the seeds of a plant Lepidium Sativum (Rashad) in his eyes. He reported severe ocular pain and redness, conjunctival epithelial defect and symblepharon. A conjunctival biopsy was taken which turned out to be negative for the immunological staining studies for Ocular Cicatricial Pemphegoid (OCP). The patient's visual acuity improved from 20/40 before treatment to 20/25 after treatment with no further sequelae after 3 months follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Self induced plant extracts can cause ocular complications. Public awareness is necessary to help in discouraging the use of these harmful plant extracts in human eyes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1319-0164",
doi="10.1016/j.jsps.2011.09.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2011.09.006"
}