STUDY OF PREVALENCE OF SELF TREATMENT OF CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY IN MASHHAD METAL LATHE CUT MACHINE WORKERS

Every year, a lot of metal lathe cut machine workers bear severe occupational eye injures due to foreign bodies. The goal of this study was to determine the number of the population who experienced foreign body in their eyes, as well as attempting self removal of the foreign body. Methods and Material: 351 persons of metal lathe cut machine workers were studied in city of Mashhad. These people were chosen by random sampling. 100% of the population had some experience of foreign body at least in one eye. Among them only 5.9% preferred to go to the hospital. The rest of the population did remove the foreign body by themselves or other people. Ocular local anesthesia especially terracing were used by 83% of them. The results of the study compromised with some other studies in different countries and the responsibilities of the education and treatment centers in increasing the knowledge of the people are discussed.