Scaling in the eye is the most common reason patients seek emergency medical care. We are talking about a small iron shavings, which can bring a lot of problems to the patient. Most often, a foreign body ends up in the human eye in case of non-compliance with safety precautions in the process of working with a welding machine.
How does the patient feel?
If a person gets scale in the eye, almost instantly he begins to experience a sharp pain. The presence of a foreign body in the eye causes a feeling of discomfort, interference, burning, pain, the mucous membrane turns red. Diagnosed with lacrimation, increased photosensitivity, swelling of the eyelid, blurred vision.
Sometimes, when a foreign body enters the eye, the patient does not observe pronounced symptoms. This is uncharacteristic of a thermal scale burn. Symptoms will instantly manifest themselves, giving a signal that medical attention is needed.
How to deal with injury?
Iron scale, once in the patient's eye, is attached to the surface of the cornea, then it undergoes an oxidation process and rusts. Cornea inthe area of injury becomes brown.
It is very difficult, even impossible, to remove a foreign body from the eye on your own. The only thing that can be done before providing ophthalmic care is to carry out a series of manipulations:
- Rinse eye under cold running water (treatment duration - 15-20 minutes).
- Drip eye drops containing antiseptic.
- Put on the eyelid of the damaged eye a compress in the form of gauze soaked in cold water, or a chilled tea bag. Alternatively, use half a washed, peeled potato, or simply dip your face in a bowl of cool water.
- Fix the compress with a bandage, apply a plaster on top.
- See a doctor.
In carrying out the above activities, in fact, first aid for an eye injury consists.
What should an injured patient not do?
Did you get a mote, eyelash or scale in your eye? Do not do the following to avoid complicating the situation:
- eye rubbing;
- frequent blinking;
- squinting eyes;
- dropping aloe juice, honey and other folk remedies into the eye.
Diagnosis
Regardless of whether a mote or scale has got into your eye, professional diagnostics involves a preliminary examination of the mucous membrane of the eye. For this purpose, a slit lamp is used. Symptoms that appear may be the reason for an ultrasound or x-ray.
Cascal in the eye is usually located on the surface of the cornea, sometimes penetrating deeper. The degree of penetration depends on the size of the foreign body and the speed with which the particle rushed into the eye. Metal shavings are classified as deep-seated foreign bodies.
What is the descaling process?
Before removing scale from the eye, local anesthesia of the eye is performed with one of the antiseptics. The patient is seated in front of a slit lamp. The specialist removes a section of the surface of the cornea with a piece of metal and removes the foreign body using a needle from a syringe 10, 0. After the procedure, the damaged eye is instilled with an antibiotic solution.
What's next for the patient?
The dross in the eye was removed by the doctor. What to do next? It is necessary to undergo anti-inflammatory treatment. To this end, ophthalmologists prescribe antibacterial drugs, as well as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The course recommended by experts lasts five days. You can use antibacterial drugs in ointment form. In the case of deep scale, the doctor prescribes NSAIDs and inside.
The healing process of the cornea usually takes 7-14 days. There are frequent cases of formation of epithelial translucent opacities. In the case of localization of a foreign particle in the center of the cornea, we can talk about a decrease in vision.
The cornea is cloudy: how to fix the situation?
In case of clouding of the cornea after an eye injury, it is necessary to consult an ophthalmologist. ATAs an effective and safe remedy against the "cloudy look", honey drops have proven themselves well. This method of treatment cannot be called exclusively folk, many experts advise a remedy in case of a similar problem. May flower honey is taken as the basis of the medicine. Before use, it must be diluted and used throughout the year. Honey should be diluted not with ordinary, but with distilled water, which can be purchased at a pharmacy.
The breeding scheme is as follows. For the first week, dilute half a teaspoon of honey with 3 tablespoons of water. In the second and subsequent weeks (up to and including the 5th), increase the amount of honey by half a spoon (the amount of water remains unchanged. On the sixth week and beyond, we dilute the components in a ratio of 1:1.
To be treated in this way is contraindicated for patients suffering from viral diseases of the eye, especially those provoked by the herpes virus. Otherwise, the disease will worsen.
Lack of first aid in case of injury, what is the risk?
What if first aid for an eye injury is not provided? What can result in the patient's inaction? Among the consequences of this may be:
- cicatricial deformity of the eyelid on the affected eye;
- eyelash growth in the wrong direction;
- inability to fully open the affected eye;
- eyelid fusion;
- adhesion of the lacrimal ducts;
- appearance of "cloudy vision";
- vision loss;
- dry eye syndrome;
- ocular cataract;
- inflammatory process of the structures of the eye, which causes partial loss of vision;
- glaucoma - an increase in intraocular pressure;
- active rust formation near a foreign particle - discoloration of eye structures.
Consequently, scale in the eye and the normal functioning of the eye are incompatible things. An injury like this requires immediate medical attention.
At risk in the case of the described eye injury are people who regularly use a welding machine or a grinder in their work and everyday life. Scale in the eye is a serious problem that threatens the he alth of the victim. The primary measure of protection against getting a metal fragment into the eye is to wear special glasses. Follow the safety rules in the process of work, and your eyes will be protected!
