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“...varying from lid lacerations to vision impairing traumatic optic neuropathies or eyeball perforations. Likewise, huge a mount of dust generated due to collapsed buildings may cause eye infections as well as other ocular morbidities.3 Ocular morbidity is defined as the spectrum of eye diseases which includes both visually impairing and non-visual impairing conditions, experienced by population which may be due to trauma or ocular inflammations, infections etc.4
Ocular trauma is an important public health problem worldwideandcan leadto significant visual impairmentand lossof vision. Annually morethan 2.4 million cases of ocular trauma with morethan 40,000 patients sustain significant visual impairment permanently due to ocular trauma and isthe second leading cause of unilateral blindness in Nepal accounting for 13.6% of total blindness.5-6
Despite its importance, there are no data and studies carried out which estimates the burden and impact of ocular morbidity due to natural disasters like earthquake...”
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“...Earthquake 2015. National Reconstruction Authority. Government of Nepal Kathmandu: May 2016.
3. Naghii MR. Public impact and medical consequences of earthquakes. Rev Pan am Satud Pubtica; Pan Am J Public Health 2005:18(3); 216-1.
4. Khan AR, Lateef ZN, Yousuf SA, Alramadan MJ, Khan SA, Fatima S. A study of ocular morbidity, utilization, and impact on patient’s satisfaction in an ophthalmic clinic at primary health center in Al Ahsa district of Saudi Arabia. Quality in Primary Care 2015;23{2):78-4.
5. Albert DM, Miller JW. Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. 3rd edition{4): Elsevier; 2018.
6. Brilliant LB, Pokhrel RP, Grasset NC, Lepkowski JM, Kolstad A, Hawks W, Para raja sega ram R, Brilliant GE, Gilbert S, Shrestha SR, Kuo J. Epidemiology of blindness in Nepal. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1985;63(2):375-86.
7. Kuhn F, Morris R, Witherspoon CD, Heimann K, Jeffers JB, Treister G. A standardized classification of ocular trauma. Ophthalmology 1996; 103: 240-3.
8. Karki DB. Ocular...”
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