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Children eye injuries and preventions

To start with I’ll give you introduction of child eye injuries . The structure of your face helps protect your eyes from injuries. Each year thousands of children sustain eye damage or even blindness from accidents at home, in the car or playing. About 50% of eye injuries occur in the home. 43 percent of sports-related eye injuries are children ages 14 and younger. In a large study of emergency department-treated eye injuries the most common type of injury the contusion is the highest with 45%, following after this the foreign ranks sencond with 32%. Males make up three-quarters of reported eye injuries
Approximately one-third of 2.4 million eye injuries in the US are in people age 17 and younger. More than 90 percent of all eye injuries can be prevented through use of suitable protective eyewear. If you play sports or work in certain jobs, you may need protection.

Then I’ll give you common causes of eye injuries of children.

Chemical

• Chemical exposures and burns
• Some aerosols can be harmful to the eyes (hair spray, paints, glues)

Out door Activities:

• Ultraviolet light
• Automobile accidents
• Flying debris

Home and play

• A blow to the eye
• Any materials that get into your eyes
• Toys, everyday tools and objects (housework, knives & forks, pens)

Sport:

• A fall or a fight
• Water sports
• Ball-related

Parents:

• At home alone or lack of adult supervision
• Parents lack of awareness of the risk of injury- chemical exposures and burns

Effect:

It is hoped that the information will help people to prevent and handle the risk factors in time. Thank you for reading. If you like this article and would like to write more articles on health topics, please comment!

Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment!

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