Crana
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Registered: 20th Jan 09
Location: Newcastle
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Got brake fluid in my eye at college the other day and washed it with water now my eye has been killing the last few days but today its really hurting and is doing my head in...
Anyone had this problem? 
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Aleex
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Registered: 21st Jul 09
Location: Plymouth
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i genuinely would keep brake fluid away from my eyes , so no.
Apparently your eyes can fall out
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jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
Location: Buckinghamshire
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Yeah, break fluid anywhere is bad, especially in ure eye, how well did you wash it out?
Might need to take a visit to docs/opticians ASAP matey
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Yea get to the doc/ A&E first thing tomorrow. Mate done the same thing and had to get them washed out
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Craig P
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Registered: 9th Mar 08
Location: Carlisle,Cumbria
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I got Battery Acid in my eye's once,It wasnt good.
It hurt like fcuk,Luckily i caught it in time and went to hospital and they washed them out with all this special stuff and done a Test Burn on them.
They then gave me this Jelly like stuff and i hate to cover my eye's in it,It was horrible.
Go to the Docs Etc ASAP if it's that bad.
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GSi Ghost
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
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The real question is; has it affected your vision? If not then take some regular painkillers and the problem will probably sort itself out over the next few days. Hopefully you would have irrigated your eye for a good 15 minutes at least with clean water. Im an A&E nurse, have been for 2 years now, and can safely say that if your vision is unaffected then dont role up at A&E. If you do want to speak to someone about it then go to your GP or one of those out of hours emergency doctors that you probably have quite local to you! Hope everything goes okay!
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GSi Ghost
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Also, the key thing is that you said this happened the other day... in which case they are unlikely to irrigate it again now. They would have done had you have gone to A&E straight away!
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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Go see an optician, immediately!
quote:
Originally posted by Craig P
I got Battery Acid in my eye's once,It wasnt good.
I managed that too!
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Budgie
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Registered: 2nd Dec 09
Location: Basingstoke
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i got paint thinner in my eye before.
i say 'i got' my colleague at work accidently sprayed it in my eye 
he did help me with the eye wash stuff which i couldnt do myself 
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Go see an optician, immediately!
quote:
Originally posted by Craig P
I got Battery Acid in my eye's once,It wasnt good.
I managed that too!
 Thats good going, ive only ever managed gearbox oil, loctite and petrol before.
Also got them all in my mouth petrol didnt taste too bad, but the other two were disgusting .
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Craig P
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Registered: 9th Mar 08
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Well it was when i first started my Apprentiship (sp) i got told to chuck some Batteries out into the special container and me being me back then (A few less brain cells then now and having no muscle's Etc) I chucked the battery into the container and the liquid that was in it splashed everywhere and got me right in the Eye.
Luckily though the lid had been left off numerous times so the rain water kind of diluted it a bit so it wasnt 100% Acid unless it would of been ALOT worse.
I havent chucked another Battery out since
[Edited on 23-03-2010 by Craig P]
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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perhaps you need an eyeswap? 
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Did you not go to A&E after you rinsed it out? I thought that was pretty standard because brake fluid is proper nasty.
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