If a patient gets lime powder in their eyes, they need to use a lot of water to clean them, and they can also use medication as prescribed by their doctor to relieve their eye discomfort.
After the patient’s eyes into the lime powder, need to avoid rubbing the eyes with the hand, otherwise it can cause secondary damage. Patients need to immediately use a large number of clean water or saline rinse eyes, the eye surface of the lime rinse clean, usually repeated several times to rinse, relieve eye discomfort.
The main component of lime is calcium hydroxide, which is an alkaline substance, and alkalinity is very damaging to the eyes. After rinsing, patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use levofloxacin hydrochloride eye drops and other drugs anti-infection treatment to avoid eye infection. Patients can also subconjunctival injection of vitamin C to play an antioxidant role.
It is recommended that patients rinse their eyes immediately after getting lime powder in them, seek medical attention in a timely manner to assess their condition, and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.