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How do astronauts get eye drops into their eyes?
Eye medications can also be instilled by soaking the drop into a strip of sterile blotter paper, then touching the paper to the inside of the lower lid.
The volume of a drop is at least 10 times the ...
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Is disabling glare common in space?
The major risk to the eye in space is ultraviolet light. This is mostly absorbed by the cornea (which is lucky for deeper ocular structures, but bad for the cornea).
Short, high dose UV exposure (such ...
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