Malden EyeCare Clinic

Can hand sanitizer make you blind?

It will not lead to blindness but will do harm to your eyes. Actually, the hand sanitizer is a kind of an alcohol based gel that kills viruses and bacteria when applied to the hands. Most hand sanitizer products contain a least 60 percent alcohol, usually ethanol or isopropanol, which is what makes then so effective against viruses and bacteria. However, it the hand sanitizer accidently get into your eyes, it burns and irritates. If you get hand sanitizer in your eyes, your immediate goal is to dilute, then remove the alcohol. The antidote is copious amounts of lukewarm water: pour as much as possible across the surface of your eye for 10 to 15 minutes. Make sure the water's not too hot or too cold; it should feel comfortable on your eyes. The water needs to thoroughly rinse the surface of your eye. It also needs to remove traces of alcohol from the mucous membranes inside your eyelids, so blink rapidly while pouring the water across your eye. If the sanitizer is in only one eye, be careful not to contaminate the other eye. Keep the uninjured eye tightly closed, and tilt your head so the injured eye is downward.If your eyes are still red, irritated or burning after treatment, consult your physician.

Why does the eyesight never get better?

If you don't want to wear glasses,you can have lasik surgery to make your eyesight as good as it can be.

Where to get a relatively inexpensive place to get nice eyeglass frames?

Buy it online,it is usually 30% or more cheaper than the brick-and-motar store.

Can botox cause eye strain?

As you mentioned, botox caused the same symptom as you in many other people. Botox can really cause eye strain and some other eye problems. But eye strain has been reported by people with multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, depression. So don't have no other new botox at this time, and do not take any other medications for an interaction to occur. You should stop taking them, and have not had this pain since. Hope my suggestion can help you.

Is it normal to have blurry vision when you take off your glasses?

Yes. It is quite normal and often happens to me. I have strong prescription (-8.00 in both eyes) and get almost blind when I take off glasses. So I have to wear them all the time. But if you have slight prescription, it won't change a lot when taking off glasses.

Is it bad for people with minor short sight to wear glasses all the time?

Don't worry, it won't cause any damages to her. Since the eyeglasses are made according to her prescription, wearing it can do nothing harm but give her clear vision. And eyeglasses are just device to help people see clear. They neither cure vision problem nor make vision problems more worse. But, if she always wearing glasses, she may used to the eyeglasses and unwilling take it off.

How to get baking flour out of my eye?

It is really painful when the bit of baking flour coming into your eyes. You'd better use the clean water to wash it out. Just use the clean water and a clean cloth to dry it. It will be OK. If you are not at assured, you could go to the hospital to take the professional eye washing.

What Acuvue contacts can I try for dry eyes?

The causes of the dry eyes include: age, gender, medications, medical conditions, environmental conditions and so on. If your situation is not among these, your dry eyes may be caused by long term use of contacts lenses. You should take off your contacts and rest your eyes. You can also take plenty of water to avoid becoming dehydrated.

What are some symptoms and signs of color blindness?

In the embryonic period, pyramidal cells start to growth. At this stage, due to genetic problems, the pyramidal cells do not grow out, which can form total color blindness. The second stage is the early period when pyramidal cells are forming, and it can only distinguish luminosity, and then begin to differentiate into two pyramidal cells which can identify yellow and blue. If there is no differentiation, it may be total color weakness. In the third stage, yellow vertebral begin to differentiate into red vertebral and green vertebral, if there has not this stage or has error in differentiation, it will cause red blind and green blind. If there has error in part section, result in the color which felt by vertebral is different from other people, which can lead to red weak or green weak.