How to deal with foreign body into the eye?

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In daily life, it's common to be obsessed with eyes. When some unknown objects enter the glasses, they will immediately feel eye pain, tears, and can't open. As the saying goes, "the eyes can't tolerate sand". After being obsessed with eyes, people often unconsciously rub their eyes with their hands, trying to rub the foreign bodies out. In fact, this method not only can't get the foreign bodies out, but may damage the eyes. How to deal with foreign body into the eye? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

How to deal with foreign body into the eye?

First, you should calm down and close your eyes for a rest, wait until a large number of tears are secreted, and then slowly open your eyes and blink a few times. In most cases, a large number of tears can automatically wash out foreign bodies. If it is relatively small dust into the eyes, you can cough hard a few times, in most cases, ash particles will slide out of the eyes with the activity of the eye muscles.

Second: if the above method does not work, you can close your eyes gently, prepare half a basin of clean water (cold boiled water and normal saline) in the washbasin, immerse your head and eyes in the water, gently swing your head in the water, blink a few eyes, so as to flush out the foreign matter in your eyes.

Third: if all kinds of washing methods can't flush out the foreign body in the eyes, then ask others or yourself to open the eyelid and gently wipe it. After finding the foreign body, gently wipe it off with a cotton swab or a clean handkerchief dipped in water. If there are chemical particles in the eyes, gently glue it out with sterilized cotton, or wipe it out with a clean handkerchief.

matters needing attention

1. Never rub your eyes or close your eyes. No matter how small the foreign body is, it will scratch the cornea and cause infection. 2. If the foreign body enters into the deep part of the eye, please see a doctor immediately. The foreign body on the cornea (black eye) should be handled by the doctor; In case of intraocular foreign body, the contact lens must be removed in time. 3. Antibiotic eye drops can be used to prevent infection.