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Do there exist any statistics about people mistaking fingernail glue for eye drops? This would indeed be tragic, but I haven't even heard anecdotes about such a
by delinka 11y ago
Do there exist any statistics about people mistaking fingernail glue for eye drops? This would indeed be tragic, but I haven't even heard anecdotes about such a thing happening.
- StringyBob 11y agoHidden behind the 'full text' link in the article, there are two anecdotes given - both involving children.
- DanBC 11y agoThere are some cites which provide further information. This appears to be more than a couple of children and it has been happening for years. http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/289/6439/226.full.pdf http://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/289/6439/226.full.pdf http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=381616 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=381616 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1661943/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1661943/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC504946/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC504946/