Citation

Adeoti CO, Ashaye AO, Ubah JN. Niger. Postgrad. Med. J. 2010; 17(2): 172-174.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology Lautech Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun state, Nigeria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20539336

Abstract

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.

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