Woman mistakes super glue for eye drops and turns her life into nightmare
On TikTok, a young woman recounted how she ended up in the emergency room after mistaking superglue for eye drops. Here is what happened.
On TikTok, user Lyd recounted her very unfortunate mishap. The young woman posted a video in which she shared her unusual story, which could have had a pretty terrible ending. Indeed, Lyd confused two products you should never confuse: eye drops and super glue. The young woman uses eye drops regularly, and ended up with her eyes glued.
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To raise awareness and so that others do not make the same mistake, Lyd has chosen to share her story. She posted videos of her time in the emergency room, and of her happy-ending.
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Lyd made a mistake that could have cost her a lot more than it did. Almost a year ago, on August 22, 2022, Lyd mixed up two products that had nothing in common: superglue and collyrium (eye drops). A careless mistake on her part, which happened in the middle of the night and caused her a great deal of harm. Indeed, you can only imagine Lyd's surprise when she found her eye glued shut!
A misadventure she decided to share with Internet users on the China-based social media app, TikTok. And her video went viral! Indeed, the content has been viewed over five million times on the platform.
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She ended up in the emergency room
When she realized what she had done, the young woman immediately went to the emergency room. She explained what the doctors treated her with, but they eventually had to use metal tools to pry her eye open.
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They took me to a private room and used a metal tool to pry it open and finally got it open.
Lyd later said she is in a lot of pain, and shared photos of her swollen red eye. The caption for the video read:
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This is a good lesson for all Internet users who came across Lyd's video! We hope she's been well since then, and recovering quickly.
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This article has been translated Oh!MyMag FR.
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