Dr. Shweta Gaur, G16076
Introduction :Self-mutilation the deliberate destruction or alteration of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent occurs in a variety of psychiatric disorders. Self-mutilators usually have a motive. For some the goal is the internal relief of tension while for others the goal is external with an obvious secondary gain. Many mechanisms have been cited for self-inflicted eye injury including use of the fingers in self-enucleation, blunt and sharp instruments such as pens, knives and scissors.
Case Report : We report a case of female 14 year old suffering from complex partial seizures with psycho non epileptic seizures. Patient was alright 3 days back then she developed pain with redness in lower lid of her right eye. It was very painful. She took some local medication. But she did not get relieved. Then after two days she tried to cut it by scissor but was unsuccessful.
But she told us that after doing that she got completely relieved. On ocular examination she has visual acuity 20/20 in both eyes. There is two superficial cut mark