How to deal with a child’s swollen eyes?

Many children like to jump around, which can easily lead to them falling and possibly eye injuries. Therefore, parents sometimes need to learn how to deal with such situations and reduce harm to their children in a timely manner. If there is only a slight foreign object entering the eye, you can first use targeted eye drops to see if they are effective. If the child still has severe pain, he or she should be sent to the hospital for examination in time.

How to deal with children's eye injuries

When a child unfortunately suffers an eye injury, parents often panic and become flustered, which is very unfavorable for the treatment of the child. At this time, parents should first calm down. For chemical burns such as acid and alkali, the chemicals that splashed into the eyes should be removed as soon as possible. Rinse the eyes repeatedly with clean water at the scene of the injury, or soak the face in water to dilute or remove the splashed chemicals, and then go to the nearest hospital for further treatment. When their children are injured, some parents blindly pursue taking them to large hospitals, wasting a lot of time on the journey and delaying precious rescue time. Therefore, when your child’s eyes are injured, remember: race against time and seek medical attention nearby.

It is difficult to examine and treat eye injuries in children

After being injured, many children are unable to give a detailed and accurate description of the injury and their symptoms. At the same time, due to psychological tension and eye pain, they often cannot cooperate well during examination and treatment, which brings certain difficulties to examination, diagnosis and treatment.

How to properly give children eye drops

Some parents believe that the more times a day they give their children medicine, the better. In fact, this is not the case. The number of times and duration of eye drops must follow the doctor's advice or the drug instructions.

1. Parents should wash their hands first to avoid infection through finger contact.

2. Let your child sit on a chair with his head tilted back as far as possible, or lie flat.

3. Pull the child's lower eyelid down and separate it from the eyeball.