Welders burn on your eyes ,cut potato in half lay on eye it sucks the burn out true or false?

Anything cold, a potato, wet washcloth, blue gel freezer mask will help relieve the pain. As would a good NSAID like ibuprofen.





It won't help heal the corneal injury, he anterior segment inflammation or protect against infection secondary to the corneal epithelium damage. Severe burns need medical treatment.





Nothing ';sucks out the burn';. The burn and the damage remain.Welders burn on your eyes ,cut potato in half lay on eye it sucks the burn out true or false?
Far better to go to the emergency room and get a tube of ointment and have it put in the eyes. My mother was an optometrist in West Virginia and I remember coal miners used to get hit with an arc when people welded in the mines, and would put potatoes in the eyes, Mom would drive to their houses and take them to the ER where they could prescribe analgesic ointment for the burns. For a really bad burn of the sclera, potatoes just do not help.Welders burn on your eyes ,cut potato in half lay on eye it sucks the burn out true or false?
True. Chop the potato up and put it into a rag , keep it on the eyes. I don`t care if you have fifty years in optometry, a


potato


poultice does help and relieve the pain. For more severe flash arc burns, an ointment is used . Need to have some welders answer on here. I know what I`m talking about


as I`ve used it numerous times. Stick to prescribing glasses


and don`t try to be a doctor.
False.





Welders flash is a low level inflammation of interior structures of your eye - putting something on the outside won't make any difference.