At least she did not accidentally substitute Super Glue for K-Y. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:46 AM, dick thompson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Paula Griffin(29) from Bournemouth glued her eye shut when she dropped > nail glue into her eye instead of eye drops Photo: BNPS > > Paula Griffin, 29, squirted the hazardous liquid into her right eye by > mistake after waking up with blurred vision. > > Her eye was glued shut for eight hours and was only prised open again when > doctors cut off her lashes. > > Miss Griffin was warned she could have lost her sight forever and is still > waiting to be told if there is any lasting damage. > > The accident happened when she woke up and reached for a bottle of eyedrops > in a bathroom cupboard. > > But in her confused state she grabbed an identical-sized bottle of nail > glue that was next to it. > > The glue is used by beauty professionals to fix false nails and carries a > toxic symbol and a warning that it bonds skin within seconds. > > Paula, from Bournemouth, Dorset, said: "I was still really tired and I > couldn't see very well, so I stumbled into the bathroom and picked the > bottle off the shelf. > > "As soon as I squeezed it, I knew something was wrong. > > "I managed to stop it hitting the centre of the eye, and doctors told me > later that it saved me from permanent damage. > > "It was agonising. It was burning so much it was my natural instinct to > shut my eye. > > "But as soon as I did, my eyelashes stuck fast together and I couldn't open > my eye again." > > Miss Griffin, who also runs her own fancy dress business, said: "I would > hate people to think I'm just some dumb blonde, because I'm not. > > "It was a nasty accident, and it could have happened to anyone but I won't > be putting the bottles anywhere near each other again, that's for sure." > > Dr Simon Bell, consultant in emergency medicine at Poole Hospital, said: > "As long as the glue remains on the outside of the eye, the injury will be > extremely painful but will only have superficial or cosmetic damage." > > > > - > - Text Size > - [image: click here to increase the text > size]<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5094098/Woman-glues-eyeball-shut.html#> > - [image: click here to decrease the text > size]<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5094098/Woman-glues-eyeball-shut.html#> > - Email this > article<?subject=A%20Telegraph%20reader%20thought%20you%20would%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20article&body=Depending%20on%20your%20email%20program,%20you%20may%20be%20able%20to%20click%20on%20the%20link%20in%20the%20email.%20Alternatively,%20you%20may%20have%20to%20open%20a%20web%20browser,%20such%20as%20Firefox%20or%20Internet%20Explorer,%20and%20copy%20the%20link%20over%20into%20the%20address%20bar.%20%0A%0Ahttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5094098/Woman-glues-eyeball-shut.html%20%0A%0AFor%20the%20best%20content%20online,%20visit%20www.telegraph.co.uk> > - Print this article > - Share this > article<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5094098/Woman-glues-eyeball-shut.html#> > - > delicious<http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html> > - > Digg<http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html&title=Woman+glues+right+eye+shut> > - > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html> > - > Fark<http://cgi.fark.com/cgi/fark/farkit.pl?h=Woman+glues+right+eye+shut&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html> > - > Google<http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=add&bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html&title=Woman+glues+right+eye+shut> > - > Newsvine<http://www.newsvine.com/_tools/seed%26save?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html&h=Woman+glues+right+eye+shut> > - > Reddit<http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html&title=Woman+glues+right+eye+shut> > - > StumbleUpon<http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html&title=Woman+glues+right+eye+shut> > - Yahoo! > Buzz<http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=telegraphcouk93&targetUrl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5094098/Woman-glues-eyeball-shut.html&title=blah> > - > Mixx<http://www.mixx.com/submit?page_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuknews%2F5094098%2FWoman-glues-eyeball-shut.html> > - > Twitter<http://twitter.com/home?status=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fa%2F5094098> > - What are > these?<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/about-us/4590190/Share-this-article---What-are-these.html> > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5094098/Woman-glues-eyeball-shut.html > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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