Host: If a little dust on a certain gets in and kids start rubbing it, is that a good thing or a bad thing for kids?
Dr. Steven Rosenberg: Pretty much rubbing the eyes is never a good thing, they is never a time like rubbing eye would be a good thing. The problem with getting dust, if there is a particle under the eye and the child rubs the eye it could be scratching the front of his eye making the situation much worse and also opening up to get infection if he scratches at the front of his eye.
So if he does get something in his eyes, the best thing to do is to try to either wash it out with some water and see if he can get it out of there. If you can't get it out, you may want to see either a pediatrician to see if they can somehow get it out, if they get it out on their own, make sure there is nothing in there. You have try to do just to pick up the upper eyelid and bring it up over the bottom eyelid and see if it just lashes, lower eyelid will wash out for the little dust inside there and putting the lid back and then sometimes that will help. But if it does persist and the child is rubbing, somebody sees the specialist to try to see if they can get the foreign body out of the eye.
Host: Sometimes kids playing get hit in the eye, sometimes the pediatrician puts a dot (ph) in the eye, he is looking for a something called Corneal Abrasion. What does that mean?
Dr. Steven Rosenberg: Corneal Abrasion is the scratch in the front of the eye. Just like if you like bell down and scratch your skin, you'll have to be kind of broad, however the front of the eye has many more nerve bending and it's much more painful. Luckily the Corneal heals very quickly, so most time in kids even within a day or two it will all be completely healed. When there is a Corneal Abrasion you worry about infection, most of the time there isn't infection happening. But it sometimes depending upon the cause of scratch to prevent infection.
Unfortunately the pain that's caused by it can be severe but not much to stop that pain. There are anesthetic drops that be used in the office, although they are already not used at home because with repetitive use, they can stop their healing and actually make the situation worse.
Host: What's the best way to prevent most eye injuries?
Dr. Steven Rosenberg: Best way to prevent most eye injuries is to wear a protective eye-wear. If your child wear glass they should keep him for all scores. If they are doing any dangerous activities such as hammering or other things that may have things coming fly, fly off they probably should have protective goggles on their eyes in order to protect anything from getting into their eyes.
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