Efectos en el Sistema Visual Relacionados con el Uso de Plaguicidas y Fertilizantes en Trabajadores de la Agricultura, Según lo Reportado en Literatura

Abstract

Objective: to determine the ocular effects related to the use of pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural workers, as reported in the literature. Methodology: it was carried out through a literature review study, which included documents on pesticide and agricultural fertilizer poisonings that were published in the last 20 years.The search for information was carried out in the following databases: Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, SciELO, ELSevier through search equations, as well as a chain search. Bibliometric variables (year, language, country, sample, type of publication) and clinical variables (intoxication, pesticide, fertilizer, exposure, ocular manifestations) were extracted and the information collected was presented as a descriptive analysis using summary tables. Expected results: the literature review was carried out with 9 articles that fulfilled the checklists in a percentage higher than 60%, each one collected information about the established variables. The results showed that the pathologies in the anterior segment of the eye with the highest incidence were conjunctivitis and blepharitis, and the symptoms with the highest incidence were blurred vision and conjunctival hyperemia/redness. On the other hand, in the posterior segment, macular/retinal degeneration was the pathology with the highest incidence.