How are chemical eye burns treated?
Once you are at the treatment center, you may need any of the following: • Eye wash and cleaning: Your caregiver will continue to wash your eye using a special tube. He may use litmus paper to help decide when it is safe to stop washing your eye. Your caregiver may then remove any remaining chemicals or other objects from your eye. He may do this using a small stick with a wet cotton tip or another special tool. Numbing medicine may be put on your eye to help decrease your pain. • Medicines: • Antibiotic medicine: This may be given as an eye drop or ointment. Antibiotic medicine helps prevent an infection caused by germs called bacteria. It may also help your eye heal faster. • Pain medicine: Eye drops may be used to widen your pupil and decrease your eye pain. You may also be given pain medicine through an IV. An IV is a tube placed in your vein for giving medicine or liquids. This tube is capped or connected to tubing and liquid. You may also be given pain medicine that is taken by m
