Contents:
- Medical Video: How To Use Eye Drops (2018)
- How to use eye drops that are good and correct
- 1. Wash hands
- 2. Remove your contact lens
- 3. Always check the eye drops
- 4. Lie down or look up
- 5. Pull the lower eyelid before dropping eye drops
- 6. Close your eyes, do not blink
- 7. Clean the remaining medicine that drips on the face
Medical Video: How To Use Eye Drops (2018)
Dropping eye drops is easy, but have you done it properly and correctly? The way to use eye drops is not just dripping onto the surface of the eyeball. There are certain steps that you must take to make the use of eye drops more effective and efficient. See here to find out more.
How to use eye drops that are good and correct
1. Wash hands
Before you drop eye drops, make sure that you wash your hands with soap and running water. The aim is to prevent contamination.
2. Remove your contact lens
If you use contact lenses, let them go before you drop the medication, unless you shed artificial tears as contact lens moisturizers or according to instructions from an ophthalmologist.
3. Always check the eye drops
Take and open the lid of the eye drops and see if there are any defects in the drug packaging or not. You have to remember that the mouth where the medicine comes out is a sterile area so that the part is not touched by any object, including your hand that you washed earlier.
4. Lie down or look up
You can choose the most comfortable position, whether lying down or looking up. But make sure to open your eyes wide and direct your eyes up.
5. Pull the lower eyelid before dropping eye drops
By using one or two fingers, pull the lower eyelid to form a bag. The bag will be a place for you to drop eye medication. Using your other hand, hold the eye drops and place the tip of the eye medicine pipette 2.5 cm away from your eyes. Slowly press eye drops so that the drug dosage that comes out is not excessive. Be careful that the tip of the pipette does not touch anything because it can be contaminated with germs.
6. Close your eyes, do not blink
Remove your hands from the eyelids and lower your head. Then cover your eyes for 2-3 minutes to allow time for the eyes to absorb the drug. Don't blink because it will push the liquid out of your eyes before they can be absorbed.
Press the center corner of the eye, close to the nose. The goal is that the liquid eye medication does not enter the tear ducts associated with the nose. If not done, the liquid drug that enters the nose will be absorbed into the blood, thereby reducing the dose of the drug that should be absorbed by the eye. In addition, your tongue will feel bad because the drug fluid can drip into the oral cavity.
7. Clean the remaining medicine that drips on the face
After 2-3 minutes, remove the excess drug by using the tissue slowly and do not forget to immediately close the drug packaging so that it is not contaminated by germs. Finally, don't forget to wash your hands.
If you have to use more than one drug, give a 5 minute interval before you put the second medicine. If given too quickly, the second drug will remove the first medication so you have to repeat the second drug.
So how to use the correct eye drops. If you experience difficulties, do not hesitate to ask to be shown how when you visit an ophthalmologist.
