Health professionals report cases where people put sunscreen on their eyeballs to watch eclipse
A health professional in California reported cases where eclipse-viewers sought medical treatment because they put sunscreen on their eyeballs to view last week’s solar eclipse.
KRCTV.com reported that these individuals applied the sunscreen because they did not have the NASA-approved eyewear.
“One of my colleagues at moonlight here stated yesterday that they had patients presenting at their clinic that put sunscreen on their eyeball, and presented that they were having pain and they were referred to an ophthalmologist,” Trish Patterson, a nurse at Prestige Urgent Care in Redding, Calif., said.
The Sun also reported that doctors in Virginia have reported patients complaining of applying sunscreen to their eyes.
The nurse said that it only takes seconds of staring at directly at the sun to cause lasting damage to the retina.
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August 28, 2017, 08:36 AM
comet24
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August 28, 2017, 08:44 AM
mcrimm
Better follow that sunscreen up with some burn ointment. That'll fix it.
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August 28, 2017, 08:50 AM
urbanwarrior238
This has to be FAKE news
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August 28, 2017, 08:55 AM
TigerDore
California and Virginia: two very blue states.
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August 28, 2017, 09:03 AM
RichardC
quote:
Originally posted by urbanwarrior238: This has to be FAKE news
Agreed, I just can't see that happening.
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August 28, 2017, 09:44 AM
LS1 GTO
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC:
quote:
Originally posted by urbanwarrior238: This has to be FAKE news
Agreed, I just can't see that happening.
That's cause you lack vision and foresight.
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August 28, 2017, 09:47 AM
Rightwire
I'm pretty sure I predicted something along those lines last week. Man people is dumb.
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August 28, 2017, 09:49 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
“One of my colleagues at moonlight here stated yesterday that they had patients presenting at their clinic that put sunscreen on their eyeball, and presented that they were having pain and they were referred to an ophthalmologist,” Trish Patterson, a nurse at Prestige Urgent Care in Redding, Calif., said.
Presenting, presented...what is that? Some kind of silly, uppity medical jargon?
And this is truly one of the more dumb things I've ever heard of.
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August 28, 2017, 09:54 AM
RogueJSK
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: Presenting, presented...what is that? Some kind of silly, uppity medical jargon?
That's how just about every medical report I've ever read had been phrased: "Patient presented with XYZ symptom/complaint..."
(Not unlike police report phrasing: "I advised the subject to..." )
August 28, 2017, 10:03 AM
Hound Dog
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC:
quote:
Originally posted by urbanwarrior238: This has to be FAKE news
Agreed, I just can't see that happening.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the public. There are MANY idiots out there. I can easily believe this happened.
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August 28, 2017, 10:09 AM
Balzé Halzé
quote:
Originally posted by Hound Dog:
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC:
quote:
Originally posted by urbanwarrior238: This has to be FAKE news
Agreed, I just can't see that happening.
Never underestimate the stupidity of the public. There are MANY idiots out there. I can easily believe this happened.
I think there may be some double entendres in his sentence.
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August 28, 2017, 10:09 AM
Hound Dog
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I think there may be some double entendres in his sentence.
Oh.
I get it. . .
*slinks away in shame*
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August 28, 2017, 10:21 AM
TMats
Now they're stupid AND visually impaired. That used to mean a person like that would be sitting on a corner somewhere selling pencils, now it probably means that they're eligible for a 60" UHD TV, so they can watch...whatever someone who would do that watches
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August 28, 2017, 10:23 AM
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August 28, 2017, 11:14 AM
Tommydogg
If they would have just picked up a can of "after sun" aloe spray, there would be no need to go to the ER! Big dummies!
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August 28, 2017, 11:50 AM
nhtagmember
makes perfect sense to me given their geographic location
not surprised at all
its what happens when you have a public education that doesn't require you to learn anything hard like science or biology
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August 28, 2017, 12:50 PM
arfmel
I think you're supposed to put butter on a burn. They should try that.
August 28, 2017, 01:00 PM
Rightwire
quote:
Originally posted by arfmel: I think you're supposed to put butter on a burn. They should try that.
Followed by applying ice
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August 28, 2017, 01:00 PM
erj_pilot
Man.....the stupid is just too strong in some people.
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