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Home Care
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Home care for eye pain includes: - Avoid exposure to bright light.
- Apply cold compresses:
- Apply for 20-30 minutes, every 1-2 hours, for the first few days.
- Take prescribed medications as directed.
- Acetaminophen for pain
 - Ibuprofen for pain
- Do not wear contact lenses.
- Try to remove the foreign body from your eye:
- Gently rinse the eye with tap water or eyewash.
- Place your face in a bowl of water and then open and close eyes under water.
- If you have dirt under the upper lid, pull the upper lid out and draw it over the lower lid.
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