Foreign body in the eye is a relatively common eye disease, the treatment of foreign body in the eye is mainly related to the location of the foreign body, the patient should be based on the location of the foreign body for symptomatic treatment.
1. Eyelid foreign body: Eyelid foreign body is mostly seen in explosive injuries, such as gunpowder residue, dust, sand and gravel, etc., the patient can flush out the foreign body with water, and the larger foreign body can be pinched out with tweezers.
2. Conjunctival foreign body: conjunctival foreign body is common dust, cinders, etc., mostly hidden in the subglabellar groove, fornix, etc., foreign body friction cornea will cause irritation, the patient can be in the surface of the anesthetic drops after the eye, with a sterile wet swabs out of the foreign body, or on the conjunctival sac rinsing, but also can be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, toxocariin drops or erythromycin drops, etc., to prevent infections.
3. Corneal foreign body: corneal foreign body with iron filings, cinder is common, the superficial corneal foreign body can be in the surface anesthesia with a saline swab to wipe away, deeper foreign body can be used to shave sterile injection needle, such as foreign body is larger or has penetrated the cornea into the anterior chamber, can be microsurgery to remove the foreign body.
It is recommended that patients pay attention to eye care, actively cooperate with the doctor’s treatment, pay attention to monitoring the affected area in life, and seek medical treatment promptly if there is any abnormality.