Can I wash my eyes with salt water?


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Do not wash your eyes with salt water, because salt water concentration may be relatively high, there is harm to the eyes. General hospital eye wash is to wash your eyes with physiological saline, that is, 0.9% physiological saline, there is no irritation to the eyes. Most eye diseases do not need to wash your eyes, only in some special circumstances such as foreign bodies in the eyes, into some chemical preparations, or a large number of eye secretions, you need to wash your eyes. There are also times when the conjunctiva needs to be washed before eye surgery. There is also dacryocystitis, because there will be a lot of bacteria or eye secretions, so you need to wash your eyes. There is pus accumulated in the lacrimal sac, so you need to wash your lacrimal passages frequently. Therefore, most eye diseases do not need to wash your eyes. Eye medicine can be used.