How to do foreign objects in the eyes

The sand, wood chips, small flying insects, etc., inadvertently may fly into the eye, especially children appear similar phenomenon will be more, we should do? Resolutely do not rub your eyes with your hands As the saying goes, “You don’t rub sand in your eyes,” the first reaction to foreign objects in the eyes is usually to close your eyes and rub them. Stop! At this time, you should not rub your eyes, which may cause the foreign body to bruise the eye, or embedded in the eye, the damage to the eye is often greater. 3 steps to rinse foreign bodies in the eye: 1. Let the tears flush the foreign body out of the eye After a foreign body enters the eye, it will usually reflexively secrete tears. Therefore, when the foreign body into the eye should first calmly close the eyes to rest, to be a large number of tears secretion, slowly open the eyes, and try to blink gently. If it is a general dust, at this time the secretion of tears is completely flush out, if the foreign body still feels in the eye, can be repeated several times until the foreign body feeling disappears. 2, foreign body feeling does not disappear available clean water wash eyes If the foreign body texture is heavy, tears can not be flushed out, available clean water rinse. If it is acid and alkali corrosive substances (such as ammonia, lime or lime water, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, etc.) into the eye, you need to find the water source (such as tap water, etc.) in the first time, quickly flush the eyes, flushing time should be more than 15 minutes, and then promptly seek medical attention. 3, open the eyelid to clean the foreign body When cleaning the eye still can not take out the foreign body, you can open the eyelid to see the foreign body, with a clean handkerchief or cotton swab gently wipe out the foreign body, do not take the foreign body directly by hand. After taking out the foreign body, you can apply some eye drops or eye ointment to prevent eye infection caused by the process of taking out the foreign body. If the foreign body is still not visible when the eyelid is opened and the eye still feels foreign, or if the foreign body cannot be wiped out with a handkerchief or cotton swab, seek medical attention. If a foreign body is embedded in the eye and other dangerous situations arise, do not handle it without permission, immediately cover the eye with gauze or a clean handkerchief, towel, etc., and quickly seek medical attention.