#头条创作挑战赛#
[Preface]
It is said that "I don't know which one will come first, tomorrow or the accident", danger can be said to be everywhere in life, and we adults sometimes find it difficult to avoid danger, let alone a child.
Moreover, the cognitive and physical tolerance level of children is far lower than that of an adult, and the ability to recognize and deal with danger is also very poor.
There was once an eight-year-old child who was playing at home, but within 20 minutes, his right eye was irreversibly damaged, and his eyeball was completely blinded by "corrosion and melting".
After the incident, the parents also regretted it very much, and later learned that the "culprit" that led to the tragedy turned out to be an inconspicuous thing, and this "murder weapon" is shared by every family.
What is going on? What is this "culprit" that has brought so much harm?
The eyeballs are "melted"
The "culprit" that led to this accident was the desiccant, and it was because of this desiccant that the eyes of the eight-year-old boy Cocoa were "corroded and melted".
Here's what happened, Coco was a child who excelled in his studies, and on the day of the incident, he took an exam and got good grades.
Originally, Coco waited for her mother to pick her up from school as usual, knowing that Coco's test score was good, Coco's mother wanted to reward Coco.
They went to the supermarket and bought Coco a lot of snacks as a reward, which made Coco, who doesn't eat snacks often, very happy, and when she got home, Coco's mother let Coco play and eat snacks.
And Coco's mother went to cook, after all, it was time to eat, Coco was also very sensible, and did not eat snacks often and became unrestrained, after eating a pack of snacks, Coco began to play on the side.
It's all "children are quiet, they must be demons", Coco saw a package of desiccant next to him when he was playing, and children are always full of curiosity about things they have never seen.
So Coco opened the packet of desiccant and did some "research", and if it ended here, there might not be any subsequent tragic incidents.
But Coco found a bottle, poured water and desiccant into it, and watched from the side, but unaware that danger was approaching, suddenly there was a loud bang, and the bottle exploded.
Coco's mother heard it, and hurriedly ran out to check the situation, and found that Coco covered her eyes with her hands, lying on the ground and crying, despite how Coco's mother coaxed, Coco just didn't let her mother look at her eyes.
Coco's mother hurriedly sent Coco to the hospital for examination, and after the doctor's examination, it was found that Coco's eyeballs had been completely "corroded and melted".
There is little chance that the eye will be saved, and with the efforts of the doctor, the eyeball can only be removed, which can be regarded as minimizing the harm, but there is only one eye left in Coco.
It didn't even take twenty minutes from the time the accident was discovered to the time it was sent to the hospital for treatment, but this happened, and one of Coco's eyes was not saved.
This made Coco's mother very sad and wondered, there were no explosives in the house, why did this happen?
Later, when I returned home, I found that the desiccant on the ground, after discussing with the doctor, I found out that the "culprit" of the matter was this desiccant.
However, this incident did not happen by accident, and there are many similar cases in life, most of which appear in children.
Desiccant injuries are frequent
Children always explore the world with curiosity about some things in the world, but there are some dangerous substances that they don't know how to avoid.
The desiccant injury incident is also frequent, from four or five years old immature children, to rebellious junior high school students in the third year of junior high school, have been harmed by desiccant.
In 2015, a five-year-old child in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, found a packet of desiccant while playing mischievously, opened it, and accidentally splashed the desiccant in his eyes.
As a result, after being sent to the hospital, the doctor found that the child's eyeballs were burned, which would cause permanent visual damage.
The curiosity of this five-year-old child has brought him an irreversible danger, and the following junior high school student has suffered the consequences.
In 2013, a second-year junior high school student in Jiangsu Province did not believe that desiccant could explode when exposed to water, so he wanted to give it a try, but he could have tried it wrong this time.
At the time of the explosion, the arm was burned by the liquid brought out by the explosion, causing burns.
Some people say, this desiccant is mediocre, why is it so powerful?
It turns out that the main component of the desiccant we encounter in our life is calcium oxide, that is, quicklime, which also has many uses in life.
The biggest use of this is to build a house, when quicklime meets water, it will release gas and heat, and in the case of closure, it will react with water to produce heat and gas.
Someone once did an experiment to put quicklime into a plastic bottle, and as time passed, it was found that the temperature in the bottle gradually increased, and the temperature soared from the original ten degrees Celsius to more than 110 degrees.
The bottle body also swells to deform, due to the different pressures inside and outside the bottle, it leads to the explosion, with the explosion, the object inside the bottle will splash out, the splashed object is corrosive, and the eyes are the most vulnerable places on our human body.
If you are not careful, there will be accidents, ranging from skin burns to irreversible damage to the eyeballs.
In addition to quicklime as the main element of the desiccant, there are other types, there are also silica gel types, in contrast, silica gel is relatively safe, but there are also certain risks.
How to prevent and even treat
For the sake of life safety, we must strengthen prevention, the first thing is to pay attention to the location of the desiccant, be sure to put it out of reach of the child, and tell the child not to touch the desiccant.
The chemicals at home must be properly kept, and when purchasing them daily, we must pay attention to whether they contain desiccant to avoid children from eating them by mistake.
In addition to the attention of parents, manufacturers should also pay attention to various warnings on the surface of the desiccant, otherwise this will lead to many people not understanding the disabling of the desiccant, leading to the occurrence of danger.
If you accidentally ingest the desiccant, you must pay attention to the treatment, different desiccant has different treatment methods, and parents should also learn the corresponding countermeasures.
If it is a silica gel desiccant, if there is no uncomfortable reaction, it does not need to be treated, because the silica gel will not be absorbed by the body, it is not toxic to the human body, and it can be excreted from the body.
However, if it is quicklime desiccant, you must pay attention to it, you need to drink water as soon as possible to induce vomiting, and send it to the hospital in time, because eating quicklime by mistake will cause burns in the esophagus and stomach.
If the quicklime desiccant accidentally splashes on the skin, it must be cleaned with a large amount of water, and if it is serious, it should be sent to the doctor immediately.
If the desiccant splashes into the eyes, be sure to rinse with plenty of water, or soak your eyes in water, be sure not to rub your eyes with your hands, and send them to the hospital for treatment immediately after washing.
If you are unfortunately injured by desiccant, you must treat it in time and do not miss the best time to rescue.
Chemical reagents hurt people
Chemical injuries are also frequent, and in addition to desiccant, there are many other chemical injuries.
In particular, mercury poisoning incidents occur very frequently, and mercury poisoning has occurred in ancient times.
In 1996, a female researcher died of mercury poisoning because of a few drops of chemical agents that dripped onto her gloves during the experiment, even though she treated them in time.
And in daily production and life, we will also remove mercury, the most important is the mercury thermometer, and the poisoning time caused by the mercury thermometer is also endless.
Symptoms of mercury poisoning include dizziness, headaches, mouth ulcers, skin rashes, ulcers, etc., but in general, mercury poisoning does not heal on its own and requires medical treatment.
In addition to treatment, it is also necessary to carry out prevention, try to use mercury-free products, in the work, can not avoid exposure to mercury, must do a good job of daily protection, pay attention to exhaust.
summary
Until now, there are many children who have been hurt too much because of their curiosity, and as parents, for the safety of their children, sometimes they have to limit their children's research findings on the world.
If it restricts the child's development too much, it is also not conducive to the child's physical and mental development, so in daily life, what parents should do is to do their best to avoid these dangers.
However, some children's curiosity is very heavy, and some rebellious children, parents should not force their children, but to demonstrate the dangers to their children, let them feel, and be afraid to stay away from these dangerous goods.
For some self-conscious children, it is necessary to popularize these knowledge for them appropriately, which not only expands the children's knowledge, but also avoids the occurrence of danger at the root.
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Resources
Scientific Faith Sun Chen's December 22, 2021 report "A few drops of chemicals splashed on the glove, killing her in just 15 seconds, what is so poisonous?".
Guangzhou Daily, September 20, 2019 "High-risk killer! Many children were injured by the explosion, and many people have this thing at home recently!"