TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Severe ocular injury and its management following self induced plant extracts: A case report
JO  - Saudi pharmaceutical journal
A1  - Al-Saikhan, Fahad
A1  - Amry, Mohamed Al
A1  - Al-Othaimeen, Saleh
A1  - Alwadani, Saeed
SP  - 177
EP  - 179
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1319-0164
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2011.09.006
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ER  -