Eye emergencies and Injuries: How to keep your eyes safe
Eye emergencies happen. Sudden injury or trauma to the eye can cause damage and is a scary thing to go through. If you have an eye emergency such as a blunt trauma (hit to the eye) or bleeding, contact us or an emergency care professional immediately.
How common are Eye Injuries?
More common than you might think. Here are some statistics about eye injury according to Prevent Blindness:
- Accidents involving common household products cause 125,000 eye injuries each year.
- More than 2,000 people injure their eyes at work each day.
- Up to 20 percent of work-related eye injuries cause temporary or permanent vision loss.
- Every 13 minutes, an emergency room treats a sports-related eye injury.
- More than 40 percent of sports-related eye injuries occur among children ages 14 and younger
What are eye injury symptoms?
Some common symptoms are more minor such as redness, excess tearing, and blurred vision but there are others that require immediate attention. They are:
- A noticeable change in vision
- Swelling in the eye
- Double vision
- Severe pain
- Torn eyelid
- Deep ache around the eye and brow
- Headache