Answer: Foreign bodies can get into the eye and are very irritating, but are usually washed out with the tears. Metal flakes, however, have a tendency to stick to the cornea surface and quickly rust.
They can be removed with a q-tip. If the piece is deep, it needs to be examined under the slit-lamp microscope. It can be removed using a blunt needle by an ophthalmologist. To get a better idea how this looks, check out the foreign-body removal video at RootAtlas.com
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very nice
Comment by sunny — October 27, 2011 @ 11:28 am
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How is the rust ring treated?
Comment by Frank Babb — February 2, 2012 @ 5:55 pm
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