Dirty Toilet Water In Eye

Ahimsa porter sumchai md.

Dirty toilet water in eye. So i won t elaborate on the details of how this accident happened but toilet water might have gotten into my eyes. Apply cool compresses on eyes and clean her eyes with soft cotton balls soaked in cool water. Accidentally touch toilet water wif bare hands wash wif soap 30min later wash 2 times wif water 2hrs later wash wif soap took off lens eye infections. If you would have had itching or soreness in your eye then washing it with eye wash may have helped if it would.

Im worried about dangerous bacteria. If you have had no problems up till now you probably won t. Because toilet water contains many chemical substances so when it enters into your eye it stimulates your eye and make you feel eye pain and does certain harm to your eye. If you wash your eye immediately with clean water and wipe it with neat cloth afterwards you drip some eyedrops into the eye then the problem is not serious.

Rinse your eyes with a balanced salt solution or warm tap w. This is because your eye has a number of very powerful barriers in place to avoid infections taking hold such as a thick skin layer corneal epithelium antibody laced tear film and strong eyelid margins to remove pathogens. Dirty shower water in the eyes can lead to an infection called keratitis or inflammation of the cornea which is linked to the malassezia fungi. Dirty water into my eye what s the actual risk of infection.

Just because you don t see germs or poop in the water doesn t. I showered immediately afterwards in warm water. Her symptoms will resolve in a few days. If the toilet had only water in it this is doubly true.

While i was trying to fix the toilet i felt a splash of the water into my eye. Drop of dirty toilet water splashed on eye when toilet was flushed. I just made a bowel movement and a drop of toilet water splashed up into onto my eye when i flushed. Go to a pharmacy and get some antibiotic eye drops optimyxin or polycidin or one made by the polysporin company usually about 10.

Katharine cox answered 44 years experience in pediatric emergency medicine.