 got a piece of metal stuck in my eye, what should I do?? |
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| TimT |
 Apr 7 2006, 03:39 PM
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retired  Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313  |
Ive worked in the construction industry for more than 25 years, mostly on bridges. ie lots of steel work.
Many of the first aid kits on the job have a blunt magnet, among with a magnifying glass, and eyewash.. Ive pulled metal shavings out of guys eyes, and had others help me out when I got metal in my eye... Even at home I have one of those magnets. |
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| alpha434 |
Apr 7 2006, 03:48 PM
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My member number is no coincidence. Group: Members Posts: 3,154 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,280 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I was about to comment the same thing. Use a magnet. Any magnet will do, if you're careful. Make a point of getting the material out before even going to the doctor. You'll risk furthur damage from blinking or looking around. Have a friend or neighbor assist you. Then use as much antisceptic as you've got. And THEN straight to the doctor. Too much to risk by not going. They'll clean your eye out and you'll be really uncomfortable for about a day or so. But then it will be healed. No problem. Ask me how I know any of this... <----------- <------ <---------- |
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| grasshopper |
Apr 7 2006, 03:51 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,613 Joined: 10-December 04 From: Valdosta, GA Member No.: 3,258 Region Association: None |
I told the doctor that I was going to try that, and he said that it would work if the metal wasn't embedded, but he said the mine was embedded pretty deep, so he said it wouldn't have worked for me.... |
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| TimT |
Apr 7 2006, 03:55 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
The general idea is to get the piece of metal out asap....
the longer you wait, the more you open and close your eye, the greater the chances of driving the offending piece of metal deeper into your eye.. |
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| GTeener |
Apr 7 2006, 03:56 PM
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Glad you are OK. Keep the safety glasses on next time (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif) And oh ya... next time you hurt yourself, don't ask your web buddies what to do. Go straight to the doctor! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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| alpha434 |
Apr 7 2006, 04:02 PM
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My member number is no coincidence. Group: Members Posts: 3,154 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,280 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Yeah. Then it wouldn'tve done any damage from blinking. Keep that stuff on hand. And I'm glad nothing permanent was done (I hope.) A LOT of machinists get hurt that way. Nobody wears safety glasses at the shop I'm contracting to right now. One of the guys I went to Tech school with works there and I ream him every day (Dammit, Nate! What would your mom say?!?!) Reminds me of a time. 8th grade. Gym class. Capture the flag. In the wooded area surrounding West Jefferson Middle School. Absolutely drop dead gorgouse girl was going for my flag. She was slow. So I let her get a little ahead (I liked watching her run.) She gets too close to our flag, so I pour on the speed. She pulls back a branch as she runs past. WAM! Branch hit me in the face, and a pine needle scrathed my lens. I wasn't hurt. I chased her down and tackled her for good measure. But I had this wierd distortion out of the corner of my eye. I was freaked out because I had a VERY high vision rating and I sorta wanted to be a pilot at the time. My dad always wanted to be a pilot. I made my mom come and get me and take me straight to the hospital. No chances. |
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| TINCAN914 |
Apr 7 2006, 04:34 PM
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| jsteele22 |
Apr 7 2006, 05:22 PM
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Another way to get the chip out : fake a head injury and go in for an MRI. Oh, and hope the field points in the right direction.
Glad to hear that everything "came out okay". You know, I was reading these posts by people with gory eye stories, and it reminded me of my most painful eyeball experience. Way back when I was 19, I went on a long bike ride, and ended up getting home way, way after dark. The last part of the ride was rolling hills, and on the downhill stretches I was going fairly fast. Since it was dark, I didn't have a chance to see anything coming, but I got smacked, real hard, in the eyeball by a .. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/locust.gif) Yup. |
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| grasshopper |
Apr 7 2006, 05:30 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif) that made me laugh |
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| KELTY360 |
Apr 7 2006, 05:41 PM
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| Lou W |
Apr 7 2006, 07:22 PM
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| grasshopper |
Apr 7 2006, 07:27 PM
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| Dr Evil |
Apr 7 2006, 08:42 PM
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Glad things worked out.
I had a guy at my base have the same basic thing happen. Little piece of metal in the eye. didn't think much of it...............ended up getting medically discharged for it as his vision was no longer adequate for flight status. Too bad too, he was a cool guy. Fun facts: -the eye has one of the most innervated surfaces on the body. -even though the cornea has no vasculature, it is one of the quickest repair sites on the body. |
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