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| Saccharide |
 Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: Fluorescein sodium- eyes |
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| Hi, I recently went to the optometrist and she put a yellowish eyedrop into my eyes. The thing is, I felt something cold on my eye then the eye drop so, I was wondering if she touched my eye with the eye dropper...I went because I had scratched my eye so I was wondering if fluorescein sodium, is antibacterial, I don't want to get an infection or anything elce. |
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| Chemboy |
| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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It's not antibacterial. Check out the Wikipedia article on it, just type in "Fluorescein". At the bottom there's a section entitled "Ophthalmic applications".
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| Powerdoc |
| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Fluoroscein is commonly used by ophtalmologist in order to check if there is no scratch or ulceris of your cornea.
Fluoroscien is a very strong pigment, beware to not put it on your clothes |
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| CShark |
| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| If you noticed a blue-ish light the doc used just after applying the fluorescein, it was ultra violet. Fluorescein is a fluorescent dye, that is, it 'glows' under UV. Yes, it's safe, and no, the UV will not harm your eyes at the wavelength they use. |
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