Made a balloon gun after watching YouTube, his eyes burned, light disappeared - DIY balloon gun experiment on YouTube leads to eye injury

He was making a balloon gun after watching YouTube, his eyes burned, the light disappeared. His right eye was completely burned, causing him to lose his sight. According to doctors, cornea transplant is now the only solution. It can be dangerous to do the experiments shown on YouTube without thinking. Youth Recruitment in BRD Medical College, Jagran Correspondent, Gorakhpur. A 16-year-old boy burned his right eye while trying to make a balloon gun after watching a video on YouTube. Family members took him to the OPD of Ophthalmology Department of the BRD Medical College on Monday. Remove advertisement Read only news After examination it was found that the cornea was burned, he cannot see. Ophthalmologist and head dr. Ramkumar Jaiswal said that the treatment has just started. His cornea will need to be transplanted. Kishore, who lives near the medical college, watched the video of balloon gun making on YouTube. He bought carbide from the market and put it in a plastic bottle and started making balloon guns. Water was also added to it. When he heard no sound, he began to look, during which a fire broke out and the teenager’s right eye was completely damaged. Doing any experiment after watching videos on YouTube is not without danger. There is a risk of loss of both eyes and life due to this. One such teenager came to the OPD, who was making a balloon gun after watching a video, his right eye was completely damaged. Corneal transplant will be required. – – Dr. Ramkumar Jaiswal, Principal BRD Medical College