What should I do if hair gets into my eyes

As the saying goes, eyes are windows to the soul. We can observe the outside world and various colors through our eyes. If foreign objects enter our eyes, or if dirt enters our eyes while cooking, we will feel that there is something wrong with our eyes. It is very uncomfortable to have dirt enter our eyes. So what should we do if hair enters our eyes?

First aid for foreign objects in the eyes

As the saying goes: "Eyes are the windows to the soul." Eyes are the sensory organs through which the human body directly recognizes the colorful external world. In daily life, accidents of foreign objects entering the eyes often occur. Once a foreign object enters the eye, it can immediately cause varying degrees of foreign body sensation, pain and reflex tearing. In severe cases, it can cause damage to the eyeball and impair visual function. In mild cases, vision may decrease, and in severe cases, complete loss of vision may occur. Therefore, it is very important to prevent eye injuries and properly handle foreign objects entering the eyes.

So how do you deal with foreign matter entering your eyes?

Method 1: If a foreign object enters your eyes, do not rub your eyes with your hands to avoid scratching the cornea. The correct way to deal with it is to close your eyes calmly and rest for a while (if it is a child, you should control his hands first to prevent him from rubbing his eyes), and wait until tears are secreted in large quantities and continuously flow out of your eyes, then slowly open your eyes and blink a few times. In most cases, a large amount of tears will automatically "flush" out the foreign body in the eye.

Method 2: If tears cannot flush out the foreign body, prepare a basin of clean water, gently close your eyes, immerse your face in the basin, and blink your eyes a few times in the water. This will flush out the foreign body in the eye. You can also ask someone to hold the affected eye open and use a syringe filled with cold boiled water or saline to rinse the eye, or use a cup to rinse the eye.

Method 3: If all flushing methods cannot flush out the foreign body, you can ask someone or yourself to open your eyelids and gently wipe off the foreign body with a cotton swab or a clean handkerchief dipped in cool boiled water or saline.

Method 4: If the above methods are ineffective, it may be that a foreign body has become lodged in the eye tissue. You should immediately go to the hospital and ask an ophthalmologist to remove it. Never use a needle or other unclean objects to wipe or pick at the eye, so as not to damage the eyeball and cause purulent infection.

After the foreign body is removed, you can apply some eye drops or eye ointment to prevent infection.

If too many foreign objects enter the eyes, it will be difficult to deal with, and if the foreign objects are not removed in time, infection will occur. So what should we do when hair enters the eyes? We must remember not to rub the eyes with our hands, avoid wiping, and close the eyes correctly to rest for a while. The secretions can also help excretion.