Loose powder into the eyes, patients need to avoid rubbing the eyes, can make to use a lot of water or saline rinse eyes, follow the doctor’s instructions to use medication.
Loose powder is mostly fine dust particles, after entering the eye can be retained in the conjunctiva or cornea, foreign body rubbing cornea will cause eye irritation symptoms, such as tingling, photophobia, tearing and eyelid spasm and other manifestations. Patients need to avoid rubbing their eyes vigorously to prevent corneal epithelial detachment leading to severe eye pain.
When loose powder enters the eye, patients need to immediately flush the conjunctival sac with water or saline to rinse out the fine loose powder, thus relieving eye discomfort. If corneal damage is observed under the slit lamp, patients can be treated with recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor eye drops as prescribed by the doctor to promote repair of corneal damage.
Patients may also use antibiotic eye drops such as tobramycin eye drops as prescribed to prevent infection.
It is recommended that patients with foreign bodies in their eyes seek prompt medical attention to evaluate their condition and follow doctor’s instructions for treatment.