Eye burn from solarium

[mrsmac]

DD's boyfriend was using some hand held solarium thingy today WITHOUT goggles (don't worry I have already done the mother lecture) and his eyes are now red and really really sore.
I put some eye drops in for him but what else would help ???????

[Eenee]

what kind of drops did you use? Probably needs more of a moisturising eye drop/ointment like lacrilube. What a very very silly Boy! very very bad for eyes- may need a follow up with an optometrist because that can have permanent damage.

[~shazz~]

Totally agree with Em.... i know a 17 girl that has just has a melenoma removed due to solarium use ( she went 10 times) scary

[~Kim~]

probably some panadol/pain reliever or some local eye drops and some time with them shut. THat's pretty serious though. I'd probably have him off to the doc/local ED.

[~Raven~]

He should go to the ED for that I reccon.

[Trillian]

Yeah, I'd take him to the ED because often with that kind of thing you can't see all the damage on the outside because you burn internally. I've heard people say they are like microwaves and will cook you from the inside out so if he's burned his eyes I would be worried. But I be he'll never do it again though.

[mrsmac]

His mum is taking him to hospital, his vision got blurry after he went home so its very worrying.
Thanks for all the replies.

[mrsmac]

Update

His mum took him to Concord Hospital cause they have an eye dept and they have said there is no permanent damage but have put anesthetic in his eyes which will mean he can't see for 3 days but after that they should be fine. What a relief!

[cheekyfrog]

Lucky boy that there's no permanent damage! This story made my toes curl. What a way to learn a lesson. Ouch.

[~Kim~]

Silly buggar. Glad he's OK.

[Trillian]

Glad to hear that he will be OK and that there isn't any permanent damage done.