Superglue Injury
Superglue is very strong glue. A superglue injury can happen if superglue gets on your skin or in your body.
CAUSES
This condition may be caused by:
Getting superglue on your skin.
Getting superglue in your eyes, ears, or mouth.
Breathing superglue into your airway.
SYMPTOMS
If superglue gets on your skin, symptoms may include:
Skin that is stuck together.
Sore skin.
Skin burns.
If superglue gets in your eye, symptoms may include:
Pain.
Eye watering.
Blurry vision.
Eyelids stuck together
Loss of eyelashes.
If superglue gets in your ear, symptoms may include:
An earache.
Trouble hearing.
If superglue gets in your mouth or airway, symptoms may include:
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Coughing up glue.
Trouble breathing.
Tightness in your chest.
DIAGNOSIS
This condition is diagnosed based on a physical exam and a description of how the injury happened. If glue got in your eye, you may need to see an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) at an emergency clinic. The ophthalmologist may put drops in your eye to make the eye numb and to make it easier to see what part of the eye is injured. If the glue was inhaled into your airway, your throat and airway may need to be examined with a long thin instrument called a bronchoscope. Your health care provider may also order a chest X-ray to find out where the glue is in the airways.
TREATMENT
Treatment for this condition depends on the part of the body affected by the superglue. If your skin is stuck together:
A solution may be used to help dissolve the glue so that the pieces of skin that are stuck together can be peeled apart.
If some of your skin pulls off, a first-aid cream will be put on the area.
If the glue got in your eye:
Your eye may be numbed with eyedrops.
Your eye may be washed out.
Eyelashes that are stuck together may be cut.
An ointment may be used to loosen the
Superglue is very strong glue. A superglue injury can happen if superglue gets on your skin or in your body.
CAUSES
This condition may be caused by:
Getting superglue on your skin.
Getting superglue in your eyes, ears, or mouth.
Breathing superglue into your airway.
SYMPTOMS
If superglue gets on your skin, symptoms may include:
Skin that is stuck together.
Sore skin.
Skin burns.
If superglue gets in your eye, symptoms may include:
Pain.
Eye watering.
Blurry vision.
Eyelids stuck together
Loss of eyelashes.
If superglue gets in your ear, symptoms may include:
An earache.
Trouble hearing.
If superglue gets in your mouth or airway, symptoms may include:
Lips …show more content…
Coughing up glue.
Trouble breathing.
Tightness in your chest.
DIAGNOSIS
This condition is diagnosed based on a physical exam and a description of how the injury happened. If glue got in your eye, you may need to see an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) at an emergency clinic. The ophthalmologist may put drops in your eye to make the eye numb and to make it easier to see what part of the eye is injured. If the glue was inhaled into your airway, your throat and airway may need to be examined with a long thin instrument called a bronchoscope. Your health care provider may also order a chest X-ray to find out where the glue is in the airways.
TREATMENT
Treatment for this condition depends on the part of the body affected by the superglue. If your skin is stuck together:
A solution may be used to help dissolve the glue so that the pieces of skin that are stuck together can be peeled apart.
If some of your skin pulls off, a first-aid cream will be put on the area.
If the glue got in your eye:
Your eye may be numbed with eyedrops.
Your eye may be washed out.
Eyelashes that are stuck together may be cut.
An ointment may be used to loosen the