Thursday, July 21, 2011
Foreign Body in the Eye
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Symptoms |
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Pain, redness, burning, tears. |
Treatment: |
Pull down lower lid and remove unimpeded object |
with clean tissue if it lies on the inner surface of lower lid. If object |
has not been located, pull upper lid forward and down over lower |
lid. Object can be removed from surface of upper eyelid by turning |
lid back over a swab stick or similar object and lifting off the foreign body with a clean |
tissue. Finally, flush the eye with water. If object is suspected to be embedded, apply a dry, |
protective dressing over eye, and call physician or take patient to hospital emergency |
room. Keep victim from rubbing the eye. |
For chemical burns, flood eyes with water
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