
Care For Eye Injury In Diwali Dr Anil Gupta, renowned Ophthalmologist (Eye specialist)at Ganesh Eye Hospital,Raipur says while burning crackers in the festival of light Diwali, unfortunately at times happenings take place resulting in injuries. Here we provide you list of precautions which you should follow if eye injury has occurred: Dr Anil Gupta explains that an eye injury may have complaints like diminishing vision, redness, watering and inability to open the eye. The injury may present with a lid tear, tear in conjunctiva, sclera-corneal tear with protrusion of eye contents or blood in the eye. Dr Anil Gupta, Eye Specialist, Shree Ganesh Eye Hospital, Raipur He suggests that the care one should take once the injury has occurred is: • Wear protective goggles while lighting fireworks to prevent eye injuries • Immediately flush the eye with water. Hold the eye under a basin or shower, or pour water into the eye using a clean contain...