Daily Medical Advices

“Do’s and don’ts” never ”

Have we ever been involved in unexpected situations and risks for one of the most sensitive and vulnerable organs of human beings: the eye.

Keep in mind that these tips are aimed at alleviating the damage until they reach the nearest medical facility where he placed in the hands of the ophthalmologist.

Emergencies can be caused by different situations:

• Injuries from chemical splashes, bleach, hot oil, dirt, dirty water, etc..

What?

In these situations the patient presents symptoms that are very similar to the layman, depending on the degree of injury received, but in general we can talk about who will present: intense tearing accompanied by severe pain and redness, difficulty opening the lid and possible inflammation of the area.

What to do?

wash eyes with water limpiaIntentar calm the patient, to carry out thorough cleaning of the eye, holding the eyelids open and trying to get water to all sites. Use plenty of clean water for at least 15 minutes and if there were any remains of the product removed, to avoid further irritating or contaminating the area.

Do not apply eye drops or rewetting drops or artificial tears until directed by the specialist.

Address urgently to the nearest medical facility, and provide the patient a pair of sunglasses to protect from light and air.

• Bruises or injuries caused by blows, either in the eyeball or the orbital region and foreign bodies in the eye.

What?

not manipulate the eye after an injury to the classical contusiónEstamos caused by blows, erosions or perforations of the globe by sharp objects or blunt objects. It should be noted that the rise of the air-bags in cars made in the literature (especially in USA) begin to refer cases of serious ocular trauma caused by the deployment of the device in accidents. The patients suffered injuries or bruising, blurred vision or loss of vision.

What to do?

Calm the patient to make a lid washing area, with clean water without trying to open the injured eye or touch it to remove any foreign body is observed (pellets, glass, solder, etc) as we could make things worse.

Avoid instilling any drops that despite his momentary cooling action can be harmful.

Provide the patient a pair of sunglasses to protect from light and air, and go immediately to nearest medical facility.

This in regard to injury or trauma, but what if we are faced with situations like …?:

Loss or decreased vision

Double Vision

What?

Loss or decreased vision

It takes the form of light and momentary blur, accompanied by symptoms of conjunctivitis or watery secretions and milder cases, also in the form of so-called “floaters”, dark prolonged eye, seeing as if a curtain had fallen ” . These symptoms may indicate disorders of vitreous and / or retinal vascular occlusion, retinal detachment, hemorrhage, thrombosis, etc..

What to do?

at the loss of vision has been to visit the especialistaCuando the phenomenon occurs suddenly and is confirmed (the patient finds that to cover one eye with the other have any of these signs), there is a real urgency to eye and we must transfer the patient to a specialist.

What?

Double vision

Generally consists of blurring the edges of images, very uncomfortable for the sufferer, and if it disappears when you close one eye may be caused by disorders of the eye muscles.

What to do?

You need a thorough eye examination so it is advisable to go to the ER, especially if the anomaly occurs abruptly.

These tips will merely try to help the situation does not worsen while the patient is placed in the hands of specialists. For any doubt, refrain from interfering in the process or touch the affected area, albeit without the advice telephone emergency services