An eye burn from welding is called the medical term "electrophthalmia." Signs of it can appear in about 8 hours, or even earlier. Then observed:
- burning eyes, which gradually turns into pain;
- the victim begins to behave restlessly;
- fear of light;
- Spasms are clearly felt in the ages;
- tearing begins.
How to relieve the condition of the victim?
At the first sign, when there was a burn of the eye from welding, what to treat? To alleviate the condition of the victim, you need:
- place it in a room where sunlight does not fall, in extreme cases, close the windows with a thick cloth;
- Do not allow him to go out without dark sunglasses.
When the retina is not affected, the vision will remain complete, and in the case of a light burn, everything will recover on its own in a few days and nothing will even remind you of a little trouble.
Eye burn occurs during welding work underUV exposure on the cornea. From its intensity depends on the impact on pain and the degree of burns. The reason for this may be that a person during work often removes the mask or does everything at all without it.
Degrees
There are 4 degrees of electrophthalmia:
1. Light when the following is observed:
- eye burning;
- redness of the conjunctiva appears;
- the eyelids are itchy;
- the cornea of the eye becomes cloudy.
2. Average when present:
- sharp pain;
- the reaction to light is made more pronounced;
- a film appears on the conjunctiva;
- There is erosion of the cornea.
3. In severe cases, the following can be noticed:
- corneal clouding becomes stronger;
- the pain is made longer;
- eyelids begin to swell;
- vision is reduced;
- there is a feeling that a foreign element has entered the eye.
4. This is an extremely severe degree:
- constant pain in the eyes, and the eyelids open with great difficulty;
- Tissue necrosis occurs;
- the conjunctiva slowly dies off;
- possible manifestations of blindness;
- the cornea gets more fading and colorlessness.
Medical treatment
If there is a burn eye after welding, than to treat? Doctors offer to do everything according to this scheme:
- With the help of certain drugs to remove the inflammatory process;
- take something painkiller - “Analgin” or “Ibuprofen”;
- use painkillers for the eyes;
- take antihistamine pills;
- process the eyes with antiseptic preparations (ointments and drops);
- to continue treatment with the help of ointments, the effect of which is healing and regenerating.
To make inflammation go faster, the doctor may prescribe the tablets Indomethacin or Diclofenac separately, as well as drops Clodifen.
First aid
How to treat eye burn after welding?
- First of all, the patient should be given something analgesic and anti-inflammatory.
- Wash your eyes with a huge amount of purified water.
- At hit in eyes of small metalParticles gently remove them with a cotton swab or a clean, soft cloth. If this fails to be done, then an urgent need to contact the doctor who will make it special equipment.
- For 10 minutes on the eyelids, it is necessary to hold a cold compress.
- The last thing you need to apply antiseptic in the form of ointment.
После оказанной первой помощи нужно обязательно consult with a doctor and do it as soon as possible. This precaution in the future will be able to protect against possible complications in this situation.
Prohibited actions
But how should you not act if there was a burn of your eyes from welding? How to treat in any case can not:
- При ощущении инородного материала в глазах it is strictly forbidden to rub them. If this advice is ignored, then a conjunctival film, which is very thin, can be damaged, resulting in an inflammatory process, followed by pain.
- It is not recommended to bury your eyes with anydrops, for example, from fatigue. As part of the drug may be components that can adversely affect the cornea and provoke an inflammatory process.
- When washing the eyes, do not use plain tap water. Since it can be magnesium, chlorine, calcium. They can cause even greater irritation of the mucous membrane.
Medical preparations
But how to treat a burn eye from welding?Mostly prefer medications. But it must be remembered that each remedy is intended for a specific symptom, but if they are combined into a complex, they will perfectly cope with the disease.
In most cases, use:
- Eye drops that relieve inflammation and swelling. These include: "Vizin", "Visoptin", "Prokulin". Apply three times a day drop by drop. The course of treatment is 3 days.
- Anesthetic eye drops Alcain, Tetracain, Lidocaine (2%). Take for two days a couple of times a day. Their further use is possible only with the permission of the doctor.
- Antibiotics for eyes "Levofloxacin", "Tobramycin", "Gentametsin", as well as their analogues are possible - "Obreks", "Oftakvik", "Gentagut". They are buried throughout the week 4-5 times a day.
But for your own safety, it is better to consult a doctor before using any drug.
We treat at home
If there is an eye burn from welding, than to treat at home? Now consider the most popular and effective means.
Rinse your eyes about 4 times a day with decoctions - lime, chamomile or calendula. To prepare this tool is simple. It is necessary to pour boiling water over the medicinal plant and insist 10 minutes.
You can use grated potatoes. It is placed in cheesecloth and 10 minutes applied to the affected eyes.
Inflammation perfectly removes lotion made from boiled chamomile and butter. The tool must first be applied to a cotton swab, and then on the affected eyelids.
To relieve the inflammatory process and fastrecovery of damaged epithelium using self-prepared drops of aloe juice and liquid natural honey. Dig in drop by drop twice a day. But with this tool requires extreme caution. Do not use it in the first days after the injury, as much as possible to harm the eyes than help.
Можно еще воспользоваться настоем из алоэ.Fresh leaves of the plant are crushed and filled with non-hot water, but always boiled. The composition should be insisted for three hours in a place where sunlight does not fall. After wetted with a cotton swab and applied to the eyes for half an hour. Such an action will not only help to relieve the inflammatory process, but also draws excess fluid from the eyes.
But no matter how effective these home remedies are, without the advice of a specialist it is better not to do anything on your own.
Complications
If to tighten with the reference to the doctor, then complications can occur:
- the cornea becomes not only more turbid, it may cause scars and ulcers;
- the inflammatory process becomes chronic;
- cells of the retina, in which the protective function is destroyed;
- cells important for vision die off.
Conclusion
For any welding work, even minimal,You should always wear a protective mask to prevent burns of the eyes from welding. How to treat it, in the article we wrote. If, nevertheless, a similar nuisance has happened, in order to eliminate the pain that has arisen, it is necessary to dip the face in cool water.
