A young woman from Sichuan Province was
hospitalized after confusing eye drops with nail
glue and sealing her eye shut as a result.
22-year-old university student Feng Li Mei was
travelling home for the Chinese New Year,
reported Chongqing Morning Post.
She and her sister were taking a train from
Chengdu to Chongqing to see their family when
Feng, tired of traveling and carrying heavy
baggage, decided to treat her dry eyes with some
moisturizing eye drops.
She grabbed the tiny bottle from her bag and
squeezed two drops in her right eye. Instead of
relief she felt as if her eye was on fire.
Feng realized she had mistaken a bottle of nail
glue for the eye drops. She tried to rinse her eye
with water, but it was too late – it was glued shut.
Her sister notified the train attendants about the
incident and an ambulance was waiting for Feng
once they arrived to Chongqing station.
Luckily, doctors were able to get her eye open.
Although the eye is a little bit painful, she
suffered no permanent damage.
“I was really tired and didn’t notice my mistake,”
Feng told later, adding that the bottles have a
similar shape and size.
Feng explained that she usually packs the glue
and eye drops in separate compartments, but
because she was in a hurry and had too many
things, she carelessly stuffed both in the same
place. There’s a lesson to be learned here.


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