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I put eye drop on my own so drop felt outside and than come in eyes from skin eye lid uphill now not face more issue of contamination, but can issue happen,so better to put drop again tii drop fell inside directly ? So contamination if any clears in next drop
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Dr. Awanjala Varshney
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
23 yrs exp
Aligarh
If you put eye drops yourself, you should lie down, pull the lower eyelid down with one hand and put the eye drops directly in the space created by pulling the lower eyelid down. That way you can avoid contamination.
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Dr. Azher Lodhi
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
10 yrs exp
Aurangabad
Wash hand before putting eye drop .
Pull lower eyelid downward and put one drop .
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
Pulmonologist
44 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Pl put eye drops in to the eye, by retracting the lower eye lid.yuo can take help from others.wash hand cleanly, before putting the eye drops.
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Dr. Saba Kausar
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
Yes, please apply drop directly into eye by retracting the lower lid
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Dr. R.Poornika
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon
5 yrs exp
Chennai
Yes , try to apply the drops directly into the eyes
That u can do by directly retracting the lower lid , apply the drops , if drop fell outside , then can try again to into your eyes correctly
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