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How to Remove Foreign Bodies in the Eye?

Small objects such as dust or sand particles, or midgets getting in the conjunctiva (mucous membrane) or the eye cause lacrimation and a sharp burning sensation increasing in blinking. If the for­eign body remains in the eye, the conjunctiva swells and reddens and the vision becomes impaired. The foreign body usually lodges under the upper or lower eyelid.

When foreign body enters the eye never rub the eye. When a foreign body enters the eye, lids are automatically closed with excessive watering and irritation immediate.

Many people start rubbing eyes because there is irritation and foreign body sensation but rubbing should be avoided and wait for the tears to wash away the particle with the help of the tears, naturally the foreign body particle comes out. Wash the tears and that particle automatically comes in the lid margin of lower lid or in the lower fornix.

If foreign body does not come out, lift the upper eye lid and pull it down over the lower eye lid and move the eye ball. Wash the eye with plenty of water.

The earlier the foreign body is removed the sooner the disorder it caused disappears. The victim should be pre­vented from rubbing his eye because this irritates the conjunctiva even more. The eye should be examined and the foreign body removed. The conjunctiva of the lower eyelid is first inspected: the patient is asked to look up, and the lower eyelid is pulled downwards, and the lower part of the conjunctiva is exposed for inspection The foreign body is then removed with a wisp of cotton wool either dry or soaked in a boric acid solu­tion. Removing a foreign body from the upper eyelid is more difficult because the whole conjunctiva should be everted outside. The patient is asked to look downwards; the upper eyelid is grasped with two fingers of the right hand, pulled forwards and downwards, and then in­verted by using the index finger of the left hand to push the eyelid down. After the foreign body has been removed, the victim is asked to look upwards and the everted eyelid returns by itself to its usual place. It is categorically forbidden to remove foreign bodies embedded in the cornea. Only a doctor can do this.