1. Preparation: First of all, make sure your hands are clean and dry to prevent bacteria from entering your eyes. Then, rub your hands and gently press your eyelids with your fingers to relax them. This is to reduce the resistance when turning the eyelids and make them easier to turn up.
2. Upper eyelid: Lift the upper eyelid with one hand, and put the index finger of the other hand in the center of the upper eyelid, in a depression under the eyebrow arch. Then use two fingers to gently pull the skin of the corresponding part forward and downward, gently press the upper edge of the eyelid plate with the index finger, twist the skin of the upper eyelid upward with the thumb, and turn the upper eyelid to expose the conjunctiva of the upper eyelid. In the process of eyelid folding, you need to pay attention to the angle to avoid hurting your eyes.
3. Keep the eyelid folded: After the eyelid is turned up, it needs to be kept for a period of time for eye care or cleaning. You can gently press your eyelids to keep them up.
4. End of action: After eye care or cleaning, you need to slowly put down your eyelids. This also requires gentle movements to avoid eye injuries.
Effect of eyelid folding on eye examination;
1. Prevention of eye infection: The eyelid-turning technique can help doctors to better observe the eyeball and conjunctiva, so as to find and deal with potential sources of infection in time. Through regular eyelid fold examination, eye infection can be prevented, especially for people who often wear contact lenses or have undergone eye surgery.
2. Evaluate the condition and treatment effect: The eyelid-turning technique can help doctors evaluate the severity of the condition and the treatment effect. For example, for some eye diseases, such as conjunctivitis and keratitis, eyelid folding can help doctors observe the scope and degree of inflammation and the improvement after treatment.
3. Improve patients' compliance: By learning eyelid folding skills, patients can better understand their own eye health and conduct self-examination when necessary. This is helpful to improve the compliance of patients and make them more actively participate in the prevention and treatment of eye diseases.
4. Instruct patients to do eye care: By teaching patients the skills of eyelid folding, doctors can instruct patients to do correct eye care. For example, how to clean eyes correctly and how to use eye drops. This is helpful to improve patients' eye health awareness and self-care ability.