What harm does electric welding do to the eyes

People should know that electric welding eye injuries seriously trouble patients' daily lives, and there is no better clinical treatment for this. Electric welding hurts the eyes because people do not pay attention to eye health. We need to improve our eating and living habits. Electric welding eye injuries cause anxiety in life and cause considerable damage to the eyes. In order to avoid eye injuries from electric welding, people can go to an ophthalmologist for a comprehensive examination. So, what harm does electric welding do to the eyes?

1. Symptoms

After an eye injury from electric welding, the injured will experience symptoms such as eye pain, tearing, and sand in the eyes (feeling similar to trachoma). Mild cases can be recovered in a day and a half through effective treatment with relevant anti-inflammatory drugs, while severe cases may take many days to recover (during this period, the victim will be unable to open their eyes and will be afraid of light). Those with serious eye injuries from electric welding need to go to the hospital for regular, reasonable and effective treatment, so electric welders and people watching welding must take effective, legal and reasonable safety protection measures.

If you look at the welding arc for a long time without wearing protective glasses, your eyes will be irritated by the strong ultraviolet rays in the arc, causing photoelectric conjunctivitis, which is commonly known as the arc hitting your eyes.

The main symptoms of photoelectric conjunctivitis are eye pain, tearing, and fear of light. It takes about 2-10 hours from the time the eyes are exposed to the arc light to the onset of symptoms. If photoelectric conjunctivitis leads to secondary infection and causes corneal ulcer, there will be corneal opacity after recovery, affecting vision.

If photoelectric conjunctivitis occurs, go to the hospital for treatment and use 4% novocaine eye drops, which will quickly relieve the symptoms. However, photoelectric conjunctivitis mostly occurs at night and at home. Knowing the necessary first aid measures can alleviate the pain.

2. First aid measures

1. After photoelectric conjunctivitis occurs, the simple emergency measure is to use boiled and cooled human milk or fresh milk to drop into the eyes, which can also relieve pain.

2. The method of use is to apply it every few minutes at the beginning, and then as the symptoms are alleviated, the time of applying human milk or cow's milk can be appropriately extended.

3. You can also apply a towel soaked in cold water to your eyes and close your eyes to rest.

4. After emergency treatment, in addition to rest, you should also pay attention to reducing light stimulation and minimize eye movement and friction. Generally, it will heal within one or two days.

5. Parents should educate their children not to watch welders performing their operations, otherwise they are very likely to suffer from photoelectric conjunctivitis.

6. Workers engaged in electric welding are prohibited from performing welding operations without wearing protective glasses to avoid unnecessary accidents.