A consultant ophthalmologist at Southampton General Hospital's eye unit warned that Halloween traditions such as apple bobbing could lead to eye injuries and infections.
Parwez Hossain said that staff in eye casualty had seen children and adults turning up with corneal scratches and blunt eye injury from the impact of apple bobbing. 'And in addition to these types of injury, there is the possibility of people contracting potentially serious corneal infections from dirty water or residue of liquids if bowls aren't cleaned properly.'
He added that lanterns, night flares and glow sticks were also often the cause of dangerous but avoidable accidents.
such as nasty corneal abrasions and mild ocular irritation.
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