A few days ago, Mr. Zeng from Xianning, Hubei Province, prepared normal saline to clean his child's eyes, which resulted in corneal epithelial damage to the child.
5-year-old Xixi (pseudonym), who was discharged from the hospital early because of eyelid surgery, told her parents to clean and care for her eye wounds at home, and told her that she could clean the wound with anti-inflammatory eye drops or saline.
Recently, when Xixi's father Mr. Zeng wanted to clean her eyes, he found that the spare saline at home was used up, Mr. Zeng thought that there was salt at home, and he could configure it himself, so he used edible warm water to dissolve the salt, and then used his own "normal saline" to clean Xixi's eyes. Seeing that Xixi's eyes and eyelids were red, Mr. Zeng hurriedly took his daughter to a hospital in Wuhan for treatment.
After receiving the consultation, Dr. Lu from the hospital found that Xixi's corneal epithelium was burned after a slit lamp examination, and he was currently in need of medication**.
After learning what happened, Dr. Lu said that the concentration of the self-prepared saline is difficult to grasp, and too high a concentration may stimulate the eye congestion and even damage the corneal epithelium. In addition, the use of saline eye irrigation does not meet the sterility requirements, and there is a risk of increasing the chance of eye infection during the irrigation process. In addition, edible salt also contains other ingredients such as iodate, potassium, magnesium, sodium sulfate, etc., so it is not recommended to wash eyes. If the public has eye discomfort or foreign bodies entering the eyes, and there is a lot of eye feces, it is recommended to use eye drops to rinse the eyes directly, and if the symptoms are not relieved, you need to go to the hospital in time.
Physician Lu reminds that if you have eye discomfort, it is best to consult a professional eye hospital and deal with it under the guidance of a doctor.
*: Jimu News.