The dangers of bunk beds to the eye - a case report and preventive measures.
This is to illustrate the case of a 14 year old male student of a secondary school who fell off the top of an unguarded bunk bed in his hostel while sleeping and sustained a fracture of the left orbital margin, severe periorbital echymosis and conjunctivitis. He was managed conservatively. Two weeks post injury; the swelling resolved. At 2 months post injury, he improved tremendously and his visual acuity in the affected eye was 6/6. The swelling resolved and his anterior and posterior segments were normal. The patient was lucky to have had an intact eyeball. If it had been a penetrating eye injury, it could have been disastrous. Blinding eye injuries may be irreversible.Unguarded bunk beds may be dangerous to the eye. A recommendation of minimal standard for bunk-beds for children or no bunks at all in schools is suggested.
Department of Ophthalmology Lautech Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun state, Nigeria. caroladeoti2001@yahoo.co.uk
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D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D001513:Beds / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000592:standards; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity