The popularity of toy guns among children is a growing public health concern due to reports of ocular injury. Most ocular injuries caused by toy guns occur in children younger than 10 years and at home. Dissemination of this information to parents and pediatricians is important to formulate safety measures. [ J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus . 2022;59(3):e29–e31.]

To characterize trends in ocular tennis injuries over the last 20 years. METHODSThe National Electronic Injury Surveillance System was utilized to characterize tennis-related eye injuries in a nationally representative sample of emergency department visits. Data were divided into 5 age groups, and various demographic information was obtained. RESULTSApproximately 16,000 tennis-related ocular injuries were identi ed with males being affected nearly 2:1 compared to females. The youngest age group (0-20) had the greatest proportion of injuries, with most injuries in boys 11-15 years old. Injuries occurred most often during the spring season. Most patients were treated and released from the ED. Of those patients who were hospitalized, one-third had an open globe injury. CONCLUSIONSThe overall number of injuries trended downward during the timespan of the study. Although most patients did not experience serious visual consequences, the greatest proportion of ocular tennis injuries occurred in the pediatric age group in whom the risk of amblyopia is high. Primary care providers and tennis regulatory bodies should consider recommending eye safety sports goggles in children to mitigate the potential for signi cant visual morbidity.

Approximately 21,000 consumer product-related ocular injuries occurred in infants in the United States from 2009 to 2019; toys being the most common (12.9%) consumer product in the 1- to 4-month age cohort, detergents in the 5- to 8-month (21.6%) cohort, and chemicals for the 9- to 12-month (34.0%) age cohort. These results identify an important preventable consumer product-related public health problem in infants. [ J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus . 2023;60(4):e41–e44.]