Do you know Chemical Injury to the Eye?

Chemical injury to the eye: Chemical exposure to any part of the eye or eyelid may result in a chemical eye burn.

Eyes can be damaged by solid, liquid, powder or aerosol chemicals.

Chemical injury to the eye that occurs at home are most likely to be caused by:

• Soaps
• Disinfectants
• Solvents
• Cosmetics
• Drain cleaners
• Oven cleaners
• Ammonia
• And bleach

Chemical injury to the eye in agricultural

• Fertilizers
• Or pesticides

Can cause eye damage.

In industry

Many irritating chemicals

And solvents can injure the eye.

Early signs and symptoms of a chemical eye burn are:

• Swelling of the eyelids
• Irritation
• Tearing
• Redness
• Pain
• Inability to keep the eye open
• Sensation of something in the eye
• Blurred vision

Treatment when Chemical injury to the eye

• Rinse the eye with a continuous stream of water.
• It is best to use cool running water and to continue to rinse for at least 10 minutes.
• If you have contact lenses, do not try to remove them before washing your eye.
• Do NOT rub your eyes, even after flushing them with water.
• Next, go to the doctor

Prevention chemical damage

• Wear protective goggles whenever working with chemicals.
• Start flushing the eye with water immediately.
• Use a strong steady stream of clean water.
• Use less liquid detergent
• Non-combining liquid detergent with hot water
• Non-combining bleaching products with any type of ammonia-containing detergent

Reference:

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Collected by :

Dr. Afsaneh Amin Ghafouri