چکیده (انگلیسی):

Introduction: Homemade and folk remedies’ use is widely practiced in under developed
countries, of the used materials are plant extracts, lemon juice and some dried insect bodies.
Case presentation: We report a case of severe ocular injury and its management after self administered
plants seeds in both the eyes of a 47-year-old man who had bilateral severe ocular damage
after he put the seeds of a plant Lepidium Sativum (Rashad) in his eyes. He reported severe ocular
pain and redness, conjunctival epithelial defect and symblepharon. A conjunctival biopsy was taken
which turned out to be negative for the immunological staining studies for Ocular Cicatricial Pemphegoid
(OCP). The patient’s visual acuity improved from 20/40 before treatment to 20/25 after
treatment with no further sequelae after 3 months follow-up.
Conclusions: Self induced plant extracts can cause ocular complications. Public awareness is necessary
to help in discouraging the use of these harmful plant extracts in human eyes.