Een laserpen is geen speelgoed: oogletsel met blijvend visusverlies

Jan E E Keunen, Ann-Laure M H Delbecq, J R M Hans Cruysberg, Jan C van Meurs, Ivan M Gan, Tos T J M Berendschot

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Samenvatting

In the nineteen-nineties, there was much hype in the European media about presumed laser pointer maculopathy. However, the recent introduction of more powerful and therefore more dangerous laser pointers and their easy availability on the internet necessitates vigilance on the issue. This is an urgent matter, as here we report three cases of proven maculopathy due to an unsafe laser pointer. Three boys aged 13, 9 and 12 years used an unsafe laser pointer as a toy and looked repeatedly into the pointer, resulting in a permanent reduction in visual acuity due to macular damage. Laser pointers are not designed to be children's toys or instruments to annoy people in a crowd. Health authorities and the ophthalmic community should be aware of the potential danger of improper use of high-output laser pointers and warn the general public before the widespread availability of unsafe laser pointers and consequently laser pointer-induced macular damage becomes a true social problem.

Vertaalde titel van de bijdrageLaser pointers are not toys; eye injury with permanent loss of visual acuity
Originele taal-2Nederlands
Pagina's (van-tot)A7813
TijdschriftNederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde
Volume158
StatusGepubliceerd - 2014

Trefwoorden

  • Adolescent
  • Awareness
  • Child
  • Eye Injuries/etiology
  • Humans
  • Internet
  • Lasers/adverse effects
  • Macular Degeneration/etiology
  • Male
  • Play and Playthings
  • Visual Acuity

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