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How Can Accidental Contact Of Rubbing Alcohol With Eyes Affect Vision?

I was cleaning out my pores right before bed, with 91 precent rubbing alcohol, and while doing so the bottle slipped and a fair amount went in to my right eye. At first it burnt and for a few seconds when I first opened my eye I couldn t see anything! So in reaction I closed my eye again. When opening the second time I could once again see, in panic I lightly rinsed out my eye. Then ran to my phone to look up tips on what to so in a situation like this and all I got was rinse out that eye for fifteen minuets. After doing so my eye looks filmy or like it has a film over it, not giving it an as clear look as the left eye. It also feels very dry. This may sound stupid but I made myself cry, in effort to check my eye, and only tears would come out of my left eye. I called my grandmother who works in ICU and she said I should be fine, but I m still really scared about what this all may result in. What should I do? It s too late to go to the emergancy room and I happen to be out of eye drops?
Sat, 31 May 2014
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Ophthalmologist 's  Response
Rubing alcohol, means denatured spirit. it is meant for topical use only. so repeated washing with clean water is only way to get rid of its side efect. Iit is consumed it is toxic. having side effect like nausea vomiting cns depression etc however the amount absorbed from conjunctiva is to small. Get yourself a followup examination by eye doctor to asses corneal erroison.Apply refrestear eye drop for few times.
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How Can Accidental Contact Of Rubbing Alcohol With Eyes Affect Vision?

Rubing alcohol, means denatured spirit. it is meant for topical use only. so repeated washing with clean water is only way to get rid of its side efect. Iit is consumed it is toxic. having side effect like nausea vomiting cns depression etc however the amount absorbed from conjunctiva is to small. Get yourself a followup examination by eye doctor to asses corneal erroison.Apply refrestear eye drop for few times.