Woman mistakenly uses glue instead of eye drops

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[JoeProBono]

PHOENIX (AP) -- An Arizona woman accidentally glued an eye shut when she mistook super glue for her eye drops. KSAZ-TV said Irmgard Holm of Glendale had cataract surgery a year ago. She was reaching for what she thought was one of her half-dozen eye drop medications. The burning sensation told her immediately something was seriously wrong.

[JoeProBono]

[AU72]

Note to self, never ever keep the super glue anywhere near your eyedrops.

[dforest]

Lesson. Never store your super glue in the same place as your eyedrops. Or else, look at bottle 1st.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Isn’t there an expression ‘keep your eyes glued’?

[gov_bean_ counter]

Better also to keep the prep H next to the toilet and brush your teeth with the lights on just to be sure...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Uh-oh...

[EyeGuy]

It is amazing to me how often we have to treat patients who somehow manage to get SuperGlue in their eyes.

Not red hot chili peppers, dirt clods or egg whites, but SuperGlue.

[gusopol3]

lol. but I suppose now she’ll sue Superglue .

[AU72]

And don’t mix up Viagra with your multi-vitamin before you go to work.

[SoftballMominVA]

This happened to a woman in my husband’s carpool a few years back. Not the way to start your day.

FWIW, the doctors were able to remove the superglue and she suffered no longterm damage

[RichInOC]

Ooh, that would suck.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Well, since anybody with one and half sense should know better, I'm betting this doesn't happen again...

[Siouxz]

My son did this but not with superglue. He put those breath drops into his eye. Ouch!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Now there’s a real killer combination! Viagra and Superglue...

[Retired Greyhound]

What do you do about superglue in the eyes?

My wife recently rubbed her eye after handling habanero peppers. That was fun.

[WOBBLY BOB]

[gundog]

Knew a guy in the AF that kept a Visine bottle full of vinegar in his pocket. He used it to adulterate his urine tests. A friend got ahold of it once, and YOWEEE!!!

[Deagle]

Really... are there people this stupid? No wonder they think that we need Obamacare...geez!

[MortMan]

Unless you’re a lawyer.

It makes you taller, in that case.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I had this happen about twenty years ago. I was building a model and accidentally dropped a piece. I bent down to pick it up, bumped my head against the side of the desk, and looked up just in time to catch a face full of liquid model cement.

My mom got me to the hospital pretty quickly and they were able to rinse it out without too much trouble. I had to wear a patch over my left eye for the next couple of days, but there wasn't any lasting damage.

The doctor told me that they have this happen about three or four times a month. Someone will be working with super glue and accidentally rub their eye, or some similar accident.