How to relieve eye pain caused by electric welding

Welding injuries cause eye pain, which is a common phenomenon, especially when welding. Electric welders can be careless and let the strong light from welding have some adverse effects on the eyes, so you must pay attention to the correct solution. After your eyes are burned by welding, you should use cold water, soak a towel, apply it to your eyes, close your eyes and rest, reduce the activity of your eyeballs, or use some antibiotics and eye ointments to prevent infection.

1. In fact, eye pain caused by electric welding is medically called photoelectric ophthalmia. It is the most common type of radiation injury in ophthalmology and is the result of exposure to short-wave ultraviolet rays. Electric welding and thermal cutting operations can easily induce the disease due to the strong ultraviolet and infrared rays produced by high-temperature arc light. The incubation period of this disease is generally 6-8 hours, and two to three days in severe cases. When the disease occurs, there is a sudden burning sensation and severe pain in both eyes, accompanied by photophobia, tearing, eyelid spasm, headache, flushing and burning sensation of eyelids and facial skin, and conjunctival congestion and edema in the eye fissure. These symptoms are very uncomfortable, and most people don’t know how to deal with them. Now I will teach you some simple methods to solve the problem of eye pain caused by welding.

2. After your eyes are burned by electric welding, immediately apply a towel soaked in cold water (if you are in a hurry, just use cold water) to your eyes, close your eyes and rest to reduce eye movement.

3. Get human milk or fresh milk, boil it, then cool it and apply it into the eyes. This is an emergency measure, but it is relatively simple and practical, and can relieve pain. The specific requirements are that human milk or cow's milk must be boiled at high temperature for sterilization, and the boiled milk must be cooled thoroughly to avoid secondary eye injury due to high temperature of the milk. A few drops will be enough for application, and then apply once every two or three minutes until the pain is gradually relieved. After that, the application time can be appropriately extended, and you can stop applying milk after 5 hours depending on the situation.

4. After emergency measures are taken, you can apply some antibiotic eye ointment to prevent infection or worsening of the condition.

5. After suffering from photoelectric conjunctivitis, you should pay attention to rest and avoid the stimulation of strong light. It is best to wear tinted glasses for protection when going out. At the same time, try to reduce the rotation and friction of the eyeballs.

6. After taking the above measures, you will generally recover in one or two days. If photoelectric conjunctivitis is too severe and there is no obvious improvement, you must go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital to prevent substantial damage to the eyes.