Jimu news reporter Cao Yang
Correspondent Qiu Qiong Yao Zudong
Video clip Cao Yang
The 56-year-old construction worker felt a foreign object splashing into his eyes while using an electric hammer, and he didn't care. Two days later, when his symptoms worsened, he went to the hospital for medical treatment. On the morning of the 2nd, the doctor removed the rusty iron filings from his right cornea.
How does iron filings get into the eyes? Mr. Jia recalled that two days ago, when he was working, he was accidentally splashed into his right eye by debris from the electric hammer, and although there was a slight pain at that time, he did not care. Who knows that the symptoms have not been alleviated in the past two days, and there are also uncomfortable symptoms such as pain in the right eye, photophobia, tearing, difficulty opening the eyes, and blurred vision. On the morning of the 2nd, he came to the ophthalmology department of Wuhan Red Cross Hospital for treatment.
After examination by Kong Wei, deputy chief physician of the Department of Ophthalmology, it was found that Mr. Jia's right eyelid edema spasm, conjunctival hyperemia, corneal endothelial edema, metal foreign body attachment was visible in the direction of five o'clock in the cornea, and infiltrative inflammatory manifestations appeared around him, Dr. Kong Wei immediately performed a deep corneal foreign body removal for him, removed the metal attachment as small as sediment from the corneal attachment, and carefully cleaned the rust at the attachment.
Kong Wei introduced that the foreign body in the eye is a special eye trauma, if not treated in time, causing intraocular infection, it will seriously endanger vision, and it will cause blindness. In the past two days, the ophthalmology department of the hospital has continuously received 3 similar patients, mostly in the use of welding, electric hammer operation, the use of eye protective equipment caused by foreign bodies in the eye, and like Mr. Jia did not seek medical treatment in time, the doctor after removing the foreign body, but also need to clean the rust of the foreign body attachment.
He reminded the special types of workers engaged in such operations that they must pay attention to protecting their eyes during construction work, and it is best to wear protective equipment such as masks and goggles, such as foreign bodies entering the eyes, do not rub their eyes, and must go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital in time for professional treatment.