Monk glues his eyes shut

BANGKOK: -- An elderly Thai monk accidentally glued his eye shut when he mistook a tube of super glue for eye-drops, media reports said on Monday.

Monk Prapatworakhun, 81, who is now undergoing treatment at Angthong Hospital, 110 kilometres from Bangkok, said he accidentally took the Super Glue from his temple's drug cabinet while looking for eye drops to relieve a severe eye itch on February 17.

"I squeezed out several drops on the floor and saw a clear liquid, so I put four drops into each eye," Prapatworakhun told The Nation newspaper from his hospital bed.

"In about a minute, my eyes felt cold and then sealed closed," said the monk.

-- IOL 2005-02-21

Now that is an interesting news article.

I would have thought superglue would burn?

he accidentally took the Super Glue from his temple's drug cabinet...

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Why would you have glue in a drugs cabinet?

To "quick seal" open cuts maybe?

I hope he's OK.

Poor guy. Life can seem unnecessarily cruel sometimes. I hope he's ok too.

See no evil???

Years ago there was a story in de Bangkok post about a women who used the same eye drops .Shit happens

Monk glues his eyes shut

    BANGKOK: --  An elderly Thai monk accidentally glued his eye shut when he mistook a tube of super glue for eye-drops, media reports said on Monday.

Monk Prapatworakhun, 81, who is now undergoing treatment at Angthong Hospital, 110 kilometres from Bangkok, said he accidentally took the Super Glue from his temple's drug cabinet while looking for eye drops to relieve a severe eye itch on February 17.

"I squeezed out several drops on the floor and saw a clear liquid, so I put four drops into each eye," Prapatworakhun told The Nation newspaper from his hospital bed.

"In about a minute, my eyes felt cold and then sealed closed," said the monk.

-- IOL 2005-02-21

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Poor man. Lets hope he recovers OK.

Ouch....Poor old boy.....agree get better soon ......the though of it.....

Now that is an interesting news article.

I would have thought superglue would burn?

It certainly does if you get it in an open cut.

someone once told me that super glue was developed by the us army for quick sealing wounds - I've no idea if that's true. He was an unreliable source. And I imagine that if it were true, the glue has changed in the years since.

Must have been an eye opening experience.

Must have been an eye opening experience.

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Eyes wide shut

^^ Heartless buggers!

someone once told me that super glue was developed by the us army for quick sealing wounds - I've no idea if that's true. He was an unreliable source. And I imagine that if it were true, the glue has changed in the years since.

That is very true and has been developed further and is in regular use in NHS hospitals as it leaves less scaring than stitches and can seal clean cuts such as razors with less wound pinching. Must add that this is medical grade glue and not the same as the stuff you buy in hardware shops

saw him on the news today seem like he's gonna be O.K, poor guy

I was mucking about a couple of weeks ago with this stuff and accidently dropped a little blob onto our brand new super dooper expensive,clam shell type 3 g all singing and dancing,gold tooth,bells on it mobile telephone.

Dangerous stuff.

And that was just you looking in the mirror,pvt dick

Monk gets his sight back

An elderly monk who accidentally glued his eyes shut with super glue had sight restored to his right eye yesterday after doctors successfully performed surgery on him, an eye specialist at Angthong Hospital said.

Dr Banjob Nimitpornsukho said Phra Khru Prapatworakhun, 81, abbot of Wat Mathuros in Muang Angthong district, had his sight restored after a two-hour operation using acetone solvent to remove the glue without harming the cornea.

Doctors will operate tomorrow on his left eye, which is still tightly sealed by the glue, he said.

Phra Khru Prapatworakhun hurt his eyes last week when he accidentally used super glue to soothe an irritation instead of eye drops.

--The Nation 2005-02-23

... using acetone solvent to remove the glue...

It's good to hear he's OK.

The acetone thing is a handy tip.

I believe that acetone is also the base of nail polish remover.

Dangerous stuff.

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I bet the guy who mistakes it for Preparation H wouldn't have the stomach to report it to anyone!

All my wishes for a full recovery

Unlucky old man