Comments on: Your Eye Is Not Your Fingernail

By: Royce

Royce — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:29:08 +0000

I am trying to assign an ICD9 code to this, help? Superficial abrasion to eyelid?

By: Bookmarks about Eye

Bookmarks about Eye — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:00:06 +0000

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By: Plan A « Ten out of Ten

Plan A « Ten out of Ten — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:42:42 +0000

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By: makeminetrauma

makeminetrauma — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:37:25 +0000

Wow, that takes a steady hand to cut the lids apart and have a tip next to the eye. All I can picture is a pair of iris scissors snip snip snipping away. My eye would have been having seizures.
That’s how quickly theses things happen, in the blink of an eye.

By: Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:18:56 +0000

Impactednurse doesn’t mention the Colace, while having a name that suggests expertise with it, but mentions familiarity with superglue. Hmmm, I wonder if there is a connection.

You keep liquid Colace on hand in the beginning of July. Probably not the place one would want to intern, unless you bring all of your drinks in sealed containers and never leave food unattended.

Is acetone safe on the eye? Are there precautions that should be taken with it?

I suppose there is an ICD-9 code for this.

By: impactednurse

impactednurse — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:59:58 +0000

Did you know superglue was discovered whilst trying to develop a new gunsight material? I have written a little on the history of superglue and its use as a tissue adhesive here: http://www.impactednurse.com/?p=436

By: optoblog.com » Blog Archive » Super Glue Eye Drops

optoblog.com » Blog Archive » Super Glue Eye Drops — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:04:42 +0000

[...] physician had an interesting case about a patient who put super glue in her eye by mistake,and then he used Colace, scissors, cotton-tip applicators, and a hemostat to solve the [...]

By: ERPA

ERPA — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:37:27 +0000

I have seen this many times. I put regular bacitracin on it and let it sit for a period of time, then go pull it open. The glue doesn’t seem to hold the eye shut well. It does make a mess out of eye lashes. I have never heard of colace, but who knows. I think if you just gave it the college yank, it pops open but the creams/ointments etc make the patient feel like your smarter then they are, so it gives the impression that you did more than just rip the eye lids apart which is something that they could have done at home.

By: Dr. Val

Dr. Val — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:04:05 +0000

What a neat story. I’ll file that in my “folk remedies that work” folder.

By: Womens Health and Beauty

Womens Health and Beauty — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:55:19 +0000

Phew, I thought for once, you were going to apply red nail polish on that blinker as a concealer..

Sent her back home and advise her to visit a nail salon then next day.

Pretty amazing work you’ve done!