Ocalin in the eye - what to do? First aid for eye trauma

Ocalin in the eye is the most common cause of patients' treatment for emergency medical care. This is a small iron shaving, which can bring a lot of problems to the patient. Most often, the foreign body is in the eye of a person in the event of non-compliance with safety procedures during work with the welding machine.

What does the patient feel?

If a person gets scales in the eye, almost instantly, he begins to experience severe pain. The presence of a foreign body in the eye causes a feeling of discomfort, hindrance, burning, carvings, the mucous membrane turns red. Diagnosis of lacrimation, increased photosensitivity, swelling of the eyelid, blurred vision.

Sometimes, when entering the eye of a foreign body, the patient does not observe pronounced symptoms. This is uncharacteristic for thermal burns with scale. Symptomatics will immediately manifest itself, giving a signal about the need for medical care.

How to behave in case of trauma?

The iron scale, being in the patient's eye, is attached to the surface of the cornea, then it undergoes oxidation and rusts. The cornea becomes brown in the area of ​​the injury.

It is very difficult to even remove a foreign body from the eye, even impossible. The only thing that can be done before the provision of ophthalmic care is to perform a number of manipulations:

1. Rinse the eye under a stream of cold running water( the duration of the procedure is 15-20 minutes).
2. Inject eye drops containing antiseptic.
3. Put on the eyelid of the damaged eye compress in the form of gauze soaked in cold water, or a chilled tea bag. Alternatively, you can use half of the washed, peeled potatoes or simply drop your face into a container of cool water.
4. Fix the compress with a bandage, top the band-aid.
5. Contact a doctor.

In carrying out the above measures, the first aid for trauma of the eye is, in fact, the first aid.

What should not be done to the patient during an injury?

Did you get a speck, cilium or scale in your eye? Do not take the following actions to avoid complications of the situation:

• eye rubbing;
• frequent blinking;
• screwing up the eyes;
• instillation into the eye of aloe juice, honey and other folk remedies.

Diagnosis

Regardless of the fact that you have a speck of mica or scales in your eye, professional diagnostics involves a preliminary examination of the mucous eye. A slit lamp is used for this purpose. The manifested symptomatology can become an occasion for carrying out of US or radiography.

Ocalin in the eye is usually located on the surface of the cornea, sometimes penetrates deeper. The degree of penetration depends on the size of the foreign body and the speed with which the particle tends to the eye. Metal shavings belong to deep-lying foreign bodies.

What is the process of descaling?

Before the descaling of the eye, local anesthesia of the eye is performed by one of the antiseptics. The patient is seated in front of the slit lamp. The specialist removes the cut of the surface of the cornea with a piece of metal and removes the foreign body, applying the needle from the syringe 10.0.After the procedure, the injured eye is instilled with an antibiotic solution.

What awaits the patient next?

The doctor has removed the scale in the eye. What to do next? It is necessary to undergo anti-inflammatory treatment. To this end, ophthalmologists prescribe antibacterial drugs, as well as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The recommended course is five days. You can use antibacterial drugs in an ointment form. In the case of deep scale, the doctor is prescribed NSAIDs and inside.

The process of healing the cornea usually takes 7-14 days. Occasionally, the formation of epithelial translucent opacification. In case of localization of a foreign particle in the center of the cornea, it may be a question of reducing vision.

Cornea is cloudy: how to fix the situation?

In case of corneal opacity after the trauma of the eye, it is necessary to consult an ophthalmologist. As an effective and safe remedy against the "cloudy look" itself, honey drops are well recommended. This method of treatment can not be called exclusively folk, many experts advise the remedy in the case of a similar problem. The flower honey is taken as a basis for the medicine. Before use, it must be diluted and used throughout the year. To grow honey it is necessary not usual, and the distilled water which can be got in a drugstore.

The breeding scheme is as follows. In the first week, dilute half a teaspoon of honey with water in the amount of 3 spoonfuls. In the second and subsequent weeks( up to the 5th inclusive), increase the amount of honey by half a spoon( the amount of water remains unchanged, and in the sixth week and then we divorce the components in a ratio of 1: 1.

To be treated in this way is contraindicated for patients suffering from viral diseases of the eye,especially the provoked herpes virus, otherwise the ailment will worsen

No first aid in case of injury is fraught?

What if the first aid for eye trauma is not rendered? What can the patient lose his inaction? The consequences of this can be:

• cicatricial deformity of the eyelid on the affected eye
• growth of the eyelashes in the wrong direction
• impossibility of full opening of the affected eye
• fusion of the eyelids
• tearing of the tear ducts
• appearance of the "turbid vision"
• decrease in vision
• dryness syndromeeyes;
• eye cataract;
• inflammatory process of eye structures, which causes partial loss of vision;
• glaucoma - an increase in the indicator of intraocular pressure;
• active formation of rust near a foreign particle - a change in the color of the eye structures.

Therefore, the scale in the eye and the normal functioning of the eye are incompatible things. Such a trauma involves an immediate appeal to the doctor.

In the group of risk in the case of the trauma of the eye, there are people who regularly use a welding machine or a Bulgarian in their work and everyday life. Ocalin in the eye is a serious problem that threatens the health of the victim. The primary measure of protection against the ingress of a metal fragment into the eye is the wearing of special glasses. Observe the safety rules in the process of work, and your eyes will be protected!