Medical alcohol sprayed in the eye may cause conjunctival inflammation or corneal damage, irritation of the more superficial nerve endings of the eye. However, it does not usually injure the optic nerve, the motor nerve and other eye nerves behind the eyeball.
Medical alcohol sprayed into the eye will directly contact the conjunctiva and cornea on the surface of the eye, thus causing conjunctival congestion and edema or corneal detachment and other diseases, and irritating the superficial nerve endings of the eye, but generally will not injure the deeper optic nerve, the motor nerve and other ophthalmic nerves.
Medical alcohol in contact with the eye may cause eye stinging and eye surface damage, so it is necessary to carry out topical rinsing immediately after contact, using water or saline to rinse the eye surface, and through medical treatment to improve the slit lamp and other examinations to observe the eye surface condition, to determine whether there is a serious injury and to intervene. Once the condition of the ocular surface is restored, the irritation to the superficial nerves of the eye will be eliminated.
Medical alcohol should be treated professionally in the hospital when discomfort occurs after inadvertent contact with the eye.