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Health Tip: Putting Medicine in Your Eyes
By LadyLively on February 16, 2016
You may be wary about applying those new eyedrops prescribed by your doctor.
The Cleveland Clinic recommends:
- Use warm water and soap to wash your hands, then dry with a clean towel. Either grab a mirror or lie down before applying the medicine.
- Look up at the ceiling, then use one hand to pull down the lower eyelid. Hold the medicine in your other hand, resting on your forehead if needed.
- Without letting the tip of the bottle or tube touch the eye, gently place the medicine inside your lower eyelid. Then close your eye.
- If you are taking both an ointment and an eye drop, put the eye drop in first. Wait about five minutes before applying the ointment.
Source: HealthDay
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