Open AccessTraditional couching for cataract treatment: A cause of visual impairment
Author(s) -
DS Ademola–Popoola,
J F A Owoeye
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v23i3.28122
Subject(s) - medicine , blindness , optometry , visual acuity , ophthalmology , pediatrics
Cataract is the most common cause of blindness both in Nigeria and in the world over. Couching as an ancient method of treatment usually practiced by traditional healer is discouraged and has been abandoned as a result of the attendant complications and also because of the availability of better techniques in the treatment of cataract.