She Put in Eye Drops and Then Discovered: It Was Nail Glue

A chilling incident: A woman from the U.S. who attempted to use eye drops mistakenly used nail glue. This led to the risk of losing her vision, and she was saved miraculously.

The woman, whose name has not been released, felt discomfort in her eyes and decided to use eye drops for relief. Unfortunately, she accidentally grabbed a bottle of nail glue from her purse and applied it to her eye. Immediately thereafter, she felt intense pain, and her eye shut completely. She was rushed to the hospital, where doctors, after considerable effort, managed to open her eye and save her vision.

This is not the first incident where people confuse eye drops with glue. In 2013, Li Mei Feng, a 22-year-old student from China, accidentally applied nail glue to her eye during a train ride. She had to wait until reaching her destination to receive medical treatment, but fortunately, she made a full recovery.

In another case, Cathy Gaidus from Florida accidentally put contact glue in her eye after a speck of dust entered it. Due to her blurred vision, she asked a stranger for help, who mistakenly gave her glue instead of eye drops. She also had to undergo complicated medical treatment to open her eye.

Besides the confusion between products, there are also dangers in using contaminated eye drops. In 2023, the U.S. reported cases of vision loss and even death due to eye drops contaminated with a drug-resistant bacterium. The bacterium infected 81 individuals, four of whom died and 14 lost their vision.

To prevent similar cases in the future, doctors recommend these preventive measures: separate storage - keep different products in their original packaging and in separate locations; check before use: ensure the product label before use, especially with similar products; and finally - extra caution: in dimly lit places or when vision is blurry, avoid using sensitive products.