Dalian Eye Hospital Eye Trauma Expert: How to deal with eye trauma in emergency?

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How to deal with eye trauma in emergency?

Eye trauma is a common but dangerous eye disease. Severe eye trauma may lead to loss of vision or even blindness. Therefore, it is urgent to get the correct emergency treatment. The following is the method of emergency treatment for eye trauma introduced by the eye trauma expert of Dalian Eye Hospital.

1. Rinse injured eyes immediately

When the eyes are damaged by chemicals, dust or other foreign objects, the most important thing is to wash the injured eyes immediately. This is because many chemicals and foreign objects may cause irritation or damage to the eyes. If not cleaned in time, eye tissue may be damaged or infected.

When washing injured eyes, clean water, normal saline or eye washing liquid recommended by ophthalmologist can be used. When washing, you should lean your head back, gently pull the upper and lower eyelids with your hands, and then slowly pour the washing liquid into your eyes. Be careful not to pull your eyes hard to avoid further injury.

If the injured eye has obvious symptoms such as redness, swelling, pain, blurred vision, photophobia, etc., you should seek professional medical help from an eye hospital as soon as possible.

2. Avoid rubbing eyes

When the eyes are injured, many people's first reaction is to rub the eyes. However, this reaction may further aggravate the injury. Rubbing the eyes can lead to the risk of bacterial infection, corneal scratch or other eye tissue damage. Therefore, after an eye injury, you must avoid rubbing your eyes.

If there is foreign matter entering the eyes, you can blink gently or use tears to clean the foreign matter. If the foreign body cannot be removed by itself or causes obvious discomfort, seek medical help immediately.

3. Prevent further environmental stimulation

When eyes are injured, further environmental irritation should be avoided as far as possible. For example, if the injury is caused by the invasion of dust or foreign matter, avoid staying in a dusty environment and find a clean and quiet place to rest.

In addition, if there are tears, photophobia, eye pain and other symptoms after injury, you can wear sunglasses to reduce the stimulation of external light on injured eyes.

4. Seek professional medical help

Even if the symptoms of eye trauma are not serious, it is still recommended to seek professional medical help. Dalian Eye Hospital has senior ophthalmologists and advanced equipment, which can quickly and accurately judge and deal with eye injuries.

If bleeding, serious redness and swelling, sharp decline in vision, exophthalmos and other symptoms occur after injury, seek medical advice immediately. Always keep the above mentioned methods of cleaning, preventing rubbing and environmental irritation to protect injured eyes.

summary

Eye trauma is a common emergency disease, which should be treated in time. The key to dealing with eye injuries is to immediately flush the injured eyes, avoid rubbing the injured eyes, prevent further environmental irritation and seek professional medical help. No matter how serious the ocular trauma symptoms are, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible to ensure that the eyes are treated in a timely and effective manner and avoid serious complications.