Most of the victims of firecracker injuries are onlookers
Thirty-five-year-old Muralidharan, whose left eye was injured after he was hit by a firecracker particle last Deepavali, has now developed secondary glaucoma. Ophthalmologists, who advised that people should avoid bursting heavy and loud crackers, said firework-related injuries range from burned fingers and lacerations to serious disability and permanent loss of vision. While small crackers cause common injuries such as mild burns on the skin, eyelashes or eyelids, heavy crackers such as rockets and atom bombs can cause serious damage to the cornea, bleeding inside the eye, tear and detachment of the retina and injury to the optic nerve leading to permanent loss of vision, doctors said. “It has been a bad start this year and our hospital has already received two cases of cracker injuries on Thursday,” he said. “Lack of parental supervision and the practice of bursting crackers on roads without care are the main reasons for cracker injuries,” he added.
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