Hot Compress amp Eyelid Hygiene for Blepharitis WHO Primary Eye Care
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Video Tutorial based on the World Health Organization Primary Eye Care Training Manual • Download it here the full training manual here- https://www.afro.who.int/publications... • Applying a hot compress • YOU WILL NEED • • Clean cloth, Bowl of hot water • METHOD • • Rinse a clean cloth that has been rinsed with hot water. • • Avoid excessively hot compresses (in order to avoid scalding, particularly in children). • • Hold it to the affected eye for 5–10 minutes. • • Repeat three to four times daily until the lump is gone. • Cleaning eyelids • YOU WILL NEED • • Sterile gauze swabs or cotton buds • •Do not use large cotton wool balls as these can leave fluff on eyelid margins, become an irritant and even cause complications • • Saline or water • Top lid • • Take a folded gauze swab or cotton bud. • • Moisten the swab or bud with the saline or water. • • Ask the patient to close both eyes. • • With the swab or bud, clean gently along the eyelashes in one movement from inner to outer canthus. • • Discard the swab or bud after use. If the eyelashes need further cleaning use a new swab or bud. • Bottom lid margin • •Ask the patient to look up. • •With one hand take a moistened sterile swab or bud. • •With the index finger of the other hand gently hold down the lower eyelid. • • With the swab or bud clean gently along the lower eyelid margin in one movement from inner to • outer canthus. • • Discard the swab or bud after use. If the lower eye lid margin needs further cleaning use a new • swab or bud. • • Many Thanks to Dr Andrew Blaikie, Ian Gordon Hellen Onyango to help create this excellent tutorial. • • #Who #eyecare
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