Lightning, Electric Shock, Burns
If the burn is caused by chemicals or grease, the first thing you should do is wash your eyes immediately. At that time, the eyes were very painful and painful, but you should try to open your eyes as wide as possible to wash the chemicals out.
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Doctor Nguyen Van Thinh, Department of Trauma, Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital, has an analytical article on cases of eye burns and necessary first aid.
Eye burns are a very common ophthalmic emergency, and in severe cases can cause blindness.
There are many causes of eye burns such as thermal burns, chemical burns, electric welding.... Most cases can be prevented if we are careful and adhere to labor protection measures.
Some common cases of eye burns:
- Housewives when frying food are often splashed with hot oil and fat droplets, causing burns to the cornea. Improper use of mini gas stoves or refilling old gas cylinders can cause fire and burn eyes.
- Smoking using a gas lighter due to the fire setting is too big or the lighter is careless, so in many cases, the eyebrows, eyelashes, and eyelids are burned. There are fathers who are holding a burning cigarette in their hands and accidentally hit their children's eyes, causing burns.
- Some people carelessly mix eye drops, hot oil, and topical medication in the same place and then mistakenly drop hot oil or ointment into their eyes, causing burns, and must go to the emergency room.
- Masons often burn lime and cement. These cases are often very severe, causing severe vision loss.
- Soap, detergents are also a common cause.
- Teachers and students, when conducting experiments with flammable and explosive chemical reactions, are also very easy to cause eye burns. There have been many 12th graders who were blind in both eyes due to the chemical reaction of chemical explosion.
- Electric welders who forget to wear safety glasses often suffer from punctate epithelium, although it is a mild burn, it often causes a lot of pain for the patient, sometimes in the middle of the night, the patient has to run to the hospital for emergency care. .
- Looking directly at the sun, especially when it's hot, can cause macular burns.
- Auto repairmen often burn their eyes due to the explosion of the battery, splashing acid in the eyes.
- Some cases of acid splashing due to jealousy or hatred cause severe burns, in addition to deforming the entire face, making long-term and expensive treatment with very limited results.
First aid for eye burns:
- In case of thermal burns, electric welding, the patient should be bandaged, then transferred to the nearest ophthalmology medical facility. At Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital and eye specialists, some hospitals always have crews working 24/24 hours to provide emergency care for eye diseases, eye injuries, and eye burns.
In case of chemical burns, the first thing to do is to wash the eyes immediately. If a specialized eyewash solution is not available (ideally physiological saline: 0.9% NaCl), use ordinary tap water or cooled boiled water and rinse the eyes for at least 10 minutes. The longer the chemical stays in the eye, the more damage it causes.
- Although at that time, the eyes were very painful and painful, but you should try to open your eyes as wide as possible to wash the chemicals out.
- If the burn is severe, continue washing until the patient is taken to the emergency room.
How to prevent eye burns:
- Wear safety glasses when working with hazardous chemicals at work and even at home.
- Respect and implement occupational safety rules.
- Keep hazardous chemicals away from children.
- Do not mix eye drops with other liquid medicines. Before instilling the drug in the eye, read the label carefully.
- Be careful with fire, do not look directly at the sun.
Doctor Nguyen Van Thinh
Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital
According to VnExpress
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