Retinal Damages in Turner Workers of a Factory Exposed to Intraocular Foreign Bodies using Electrooculogram

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  • Shushtarian S.M. Professor Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College
  • Shojaee A.

Palabras clave:

electrooculogram, intraocular foreign body, retinal damages, turner’s workers

Resumen

Damages caused by an intraocular foreign body (IOFB) to the visual system, mainly the retina, mostly occur during certain occupational activities. Turners are among the laborers who are mostly exposed to IOFB. The aim of the present work is to survey the effect of IOFB on the visual system, mainly the retina. Fifty laborers of a turner factory who were exposed to IOFB were selected. Elecrooculagraphy (EOG) was recorded in all the laborers. Besides these workers 50 laborers with no incidence of IOFB were also selected & were also tested using EOG. The results obtained in two groups were compared together to search for the possible changes in two groups. The Arden Index (Al) of EOG patterns was 2.1 ± 0.7 and 1.9 ± 0.6 in case & control groups respectively. It is reported that EOG originate from Retinal Pigment epithelium (RPE) in retina, therefore from the results of present study one can conclude that IOFB does not affect RPE Layer of retina which will be discussed in detail in full paper.

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2013-09-09

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Vol. 1: SPECIAL ISSUE

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