Occular Irritation in a Child: An Eye-opening Trick
When young children have an irritant in their eyes, to reduce the stinging and make opening the eyes easier, try putting a drop of an ocular anesthetic in each medial canthus while the child is supine; be sure to wait for it to seep in.
When young children have an irritant in their eyes, it can be very difficult to get them to open their eyes so that they can be irrigated. To reduce the stinging and make opening the eyes easier, try putting a drop of an ocular anesthetic in each medial canthus while the child is supine; be sure to wait for it to seep in.
Research That Is Changing Endocrinology: Advances, Challenges, and The Future, with Irl B Hirsch, MD
April 3rd 2025ACP 2025: Irl B Hirsch, MD, reviewed findings from 8 papers published in 2024 that he believes have made or will make a difference in the practice or understanding of the clinical area.
