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Artificial tears or saline eye drops
Artificial tears or saline eye drops is an eye-affecting agent.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 35-year old male asked:
My 3 year old son is constantly rubbing his eyes, but his eyes aren't red or tearing. Saline drops do not help. Could he have allergies?
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A member asked:
4 hrs ago I put ear drops (95%isopropyl alcohol & 5% saline) in my eye. Flushed with water. Not burning now but still tearing a lot. Will eye be ok?
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A 72-year old male asked:
My eyes burn when I use any brand or type of eyedrops or saline solution or plain water. Is my tear film too acid or alkaline? How can I cure this pr
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A 49-year old male asked about a 32-year old female:
What's the best OTC solution for washing eyes after pepper spray or tear gas? Is it water, milk, contact lens saline, contact lens multi-purpose, or something else?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could you tell me what happen if I use normal saline as an eye drops?
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A 31-year old asked:
Eye redness and pain, should I use saline eye drops for this?
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A 37-year old asked:
What happens if I use normal saline as an eye drops?
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A 37-year old asked:
Which type saline eye drops can be used for fuch's dystrophy?
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A 33-year old male asked:
It is safe to use a dissolution of pure concentrate Chlorophyll into saline solution as eye drops?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I accidentaly put ocean saline spray in my eyes while i meant to put lubricant eye drops . Is there any harm ? I rinced with water when i realized
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A 34-year old female asked about a female:
My child of 1year has had a cold for more than a week now and I recently noticed her left eye is bringing out a little white discharge when she sleeps. am currently using saline drops to free the nose but what can I use to treat her completely?
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A 32-year old asked:
Please tell me, could I use normal saline(sodium chloride eye drops) for my ears?
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A male asked:
My 9 days old son has a yellowish discharge in his left eye. The doctor prescribed him rinoflux saline water and tobrex eye drops. Just wondering if i?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Good day, my son is 8 weeks old and coughing.Nose is blocked. May I nebulize? Saline drops in nose? Karvol drops? No fever. Sleeps a lot. Breastfeeding but he is drinking less. Watery eyes. He looks a little unhappy...
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A 34-year old male asked:
Hi doc. my baby still has a cough cough head chest I have been giving her saline drops . she is 11 weeks old?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Can i use saline solution to rinse out my daughters eyes?
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A female asked:
Is it ok to use some simply saline for Nasal on my contacts as I'm out of eye solution?
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A male asked:
Hi doctor, can I rinse my relative eyes with normal saline because she has an irritation, pain and also sandy feeling in the eye ??
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A 23-year old female asked:
My cat scratched my eye the white part, and it's a little cut that is red from blood should I go to the er or is saline rinse good enough ?
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A 38-year old female asked:
A bug flew into my eye on Sun. It is now Wed; the lid is very swollen and the upper duct hurts. I have cold/warm compress, rinsed w/saline. Suggestion?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I accidentally put 0.5% proparacaine in my eye with a reusable contact lens. I put the lens in saline immediately after. Is it okay to reuse the lens? What will happen if I continue using it? Im not feeling any irritation?
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A 71-year old male asked:
Nasal saline in eyes now eye are red?
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A 21-year old female asked:
I was at the hospital , and I had dry eyes so I used a sterile saline bullet. Is that ok?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Ive got some brake fluid in my eye today ive washed my eye with saline pods from a first aid kit do i need to seek medical attention?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Felt something go in eye but can't see anything there. It hurts every time I blink, what do I do. Tried flushing with saline wash and water.
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A 29-year old female asked:
I was doing my nails and some nail glue flicked in my eye it really hurts/ burning i flushed out my eye with saline a bunch of times what should I do?
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A female asked:
I was using simply saline probably every hour, because of meds I have extremely dry nose, eyes, and mouth, can you use to much, now my nose is raw????
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A 19-year old male asked:
When I spray saline spray into my nose it gives me a slight headache that I can feel behind my right eye. Maybe even in the middle of my head, it's hard to tell. It lasts for only like 10 mins then subsides. Is this normal? Should I change sprays
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A 57-year old asked:
Can u put multipurpose saline solution directly in your eyes?
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A 49-year old asked:
What to do if i got Otrivin saline sea water & aloe in my eyes.?
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