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Corneal Opacity Blinding 30,000 Children a Year
Md. Manirul Islam Khan
THE human eye is a marvellous example of the work of the creator god. It allows us to understand Ihe world around as in colour and In space it gives knowledge of shape and distance. We communicate, navigate and appreciate the wonder of God's creation with our eyes.
One of the key parts of the eye Is the cornea that almost unique piece of human tissue which ts completely transparent. Il is the window of the eye. the place through which we look out. It is surrounded by the white selera and sup ported behind by the black Iris, which gives it a generally black look. Certain things can damage this window beyond repair. Things like nutritional deficiency, infections measles for instance, or trauma - u thorn or stick injury can make it opaque.
Prof. Ahmed Sharif said at a recent seminar corneal opacity is the cause in nearly half of the one million blinds of Bangladesh. Moreover, thirty thousand children are becoming blind each year In this country due to diseases of the cornea. Malnutrition, repealed episodes of diarrhoea and Vi lamin A deficiency related to measles, have been Identified as major causes Bui poverty, illiteracy. and superstitions which are widely prevalent tn our society arc definitely the underlying reasons of this widespread morbidity.
Many programmes have been undertake n to prevent blindness in the country. But unfortunately, blindness related to corneal opacity have often been overlooked. The Sandhanl National Eye Donation Society was the first organisation to come forward and take up measures for Its prevention.
Prof.Sharif also said initially wc tried to find out the magni Hide of the problem. On the basis of over experience, we established an effective organizational set up The society has been successful In promoting posthumous eye donatlcn movement, resulting In a very encouraging number of eye pledge. They would remain as the potential sources of corneas in future. Besides, the number of corneas that have been collected and transplanted is also quite satisfactory. Health education programmes for the prevention of blindness have also been taken up.
Ihof. M. A. Majed said al the seminar of the National Eye Donation Society of Shandhani it ts a matter of grave concern that each year thousands of our children are blinded due to nutritional causes.
The only substitute for a damaged human cornea is an other healthy one. About 90% cases are successful in Improving vision.
There is no bar to donation of eyes in any religion. After burial, the human body gets decomposed and gradually absorbed in the soil. If such a body can be reformed during resurrection II is only logical to think why a person who has performed such a noble saert flee should not get his eyes back at that time.
Shandhani National Eye Donation Society has collected about three hundreds corneas from 1984 till 1990.
Many eminent personalities of our country have pledged their eyes to our cause and eyes have also been collected from some of them after their demise.