Eye mucus after applying eye drops

Eye drops are used by most people. This liquid can be dropped into the eyes to relieve eye fatigue and dryness, and at the same time prevent eye discomfort. However, many people will have a lot of troubles after using eye drops, such as eye mucus after using eye drops, and not being able to use eye drops correctly, which will cause eye pain and side effects. These are all things that need attention.

Notes and tips for eye drops

Methods/Steps

First, let me analyze the precautions when using eye drops, because many people will make more or less mistakes when using eye drops, and these mistakes may cause eye discomfort, and severe cases may even cause eye infection, so we should avoid these mistakes, use eye drops correctly, so that the eyes can be better protected.

Note 1: Wash your hands before applying eye drops. Many people do not have the habit of washing their hands before putting eye drops in the eyes because they think it is unnecessary. In fact, washing hands before putting eye drops in the eyes is just like washing hands before eating. Because there are bacteria on the hands, some bacteria may enter the eyes when the eye drops are put in the eyes, causing discomfort in the eyes. Therefore, you should wash your hands before putting eye drops in the eyes.

Note 2: After instilling eye drops, pinch the opening of the nasolacrimal duct with your fingers. Most people don't have this habit. Every time after putting eye drops in, they will feel a taste in their mouth. In fact, it is because the eye drops flow into the mouth through the nasolacrimal duct, and the eye drops are not completely used in the eyes, but part of them flow away. Therefore, you must pinch the nasolacrimal duct after putting eye drops in.

Note three: You don’t need to use too much eye drops. Many people always feel that they don't put enough eye drops in when they put them in, because when our eyes are open, it is like there is a "groove". One or two drops of eye drops will not seep out, but when we close our eyes, the eye drops will flow out and cause waste, so only 1 to 2 drops of eye drops are needed.

Note 4: Close your eyes for 5 minutes after putting in the eye drops and move your eyeballs. Many people put eye drops just to make their eyes feel comfortable, and then immediately continue using their eyes. In fact, the eye drops only stay for a short time and the eye drops do not work. Therefore, after putting eye drops in, you should close your eyes for 5 minutes and rotate your eyeballs to allow the eye drops to work.

Note 5: Do not let the mouth of the eye drop bottle touch your eyes when applying eye drops. In order to drop the eye drops accurately into the eyes, some people put the mouth of the eye drops bottle close to the eyes. In fact, this will cause the mouth of the eye drops bottle to be contaminated, so the mouth of the eye drops bottle should be about 1 cm away from the eyes.

After talking about the precautions when applying eye drops, I believe many people would like to know the techniques of applying eye drops so that the eye drops can be more easily dropped into the eyes. So how can you drop eye drops better into the eyes? Next, I will explain it to you.

Method 1: Ask others for help. This is a better method, because many people feel poorly about their physical condition and their eyes are sensitive. It is indeed not an easy task to put eye drops in. If there are familiar people around, it is also a good idea to ask them for help.

Method 2: Use your fingers to lift up the eyelids where the eye bags are, and drop the eye drops slightly above where you can see the eye drops. This is a very good method that does not require help from others and can also prevent closing the eyes due to eye sensitivity. It is also the correct way to apply eye drops, so this way of applying eye drops is a good choice.

Precautions

Eye drops are usually applied about 3 times a day, and a bottle of eye drops is used up in about one to one and a half months.