This document summarizes various eye injuries and their symptoms, treatments, and care. It discusses injuries such as corneal abrasions caused by foreign objects scratching the cornea, retinal detachment which can cause vision loss, orbital fractures from blunt trauma to the eye socket bones, and bleeding or burns in the eye. Treatments may include eye patches, moisturizing drops, antibiotics, surgery, and allowing the eye to rest. Proper care such as cold compresses, flushing chemicals from the eye, and eyedrops can help eyes heal from injuries.

1. INJURIES OF ORGANS OF VISION
• BLACK EYE
• BLEEDING IN THE EYE
• BURNS AND IRRITATION
• CORNEAL ABRASION:
• INJURY FROM A FOREIGN OBJECT
• ORBITAL (EYE SOCKET) FRACTURES
• RETINAL DETACHMENT

2. SYMPTOMS OF EYE INJURIES
• PAIN AND SWELLING
• BRUISING AND REDNESS
• VISION CHANGES
• PROBLEMS WITH EYE MOVEMENT
• CHANGES IN EYE APPEARANCE
• BLEEDING

3. CORNEAL ABRASION
• FOREIGN OBJECTS,
FINGERNAILS, CONTACT
LENSES AND OTHER ITEMS
CAN SCRATCH THE CORNEA.
THE CORNEA IS THE CLEAR
TRANSPARENT AREA ON THE
FRONT OF THE EYE. CORNEAL
ABRASIONS CAUSE PAIN,
SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT, AND
EYE WATERING

4. TREATMENT
• YOU MIGHT WEAR A PATCH OVER YOUR INJURED EYE.
• THIS IS TO KEEP YOU FROM BLINKING AND MAKING THE CORNEAL
ABRASION WORSE.
• YOU MAY USE MOISTURIZING EYE DROPS OR OINTMENT.
• THIS ADDS A SOOTHING LAYER OVER THE CORNEA.
• YOUR OPHTHALMOLOGIST MAY PRESCRIBE ANTIBIOTIC EYE DROPS OR
OINTMENT TO PREVENT AN EYE INFECTION.
• YOU MAY BE GIVEN SPECIAL EYE DROPS TO DILATE (WIDEN) YOUR
PUPIL.
• THIS CAN HELP RELIEVE PAIN.YOU MAY BE GIVEN A SPECIAL CONTACT
LENS TO REDUCE PAIN AND SPEED HEALING.

5. RETINAL
DETACHMENT
• DETACHED RETINA CAN CAUSE
PERMANENT VISION LOSS. IT
USUALLY RESULTS FROM AGE-
RELATED CHANGES OR TRAUMA TO
TRAUMA TO THE EYE. IT HAPPENS
HAPPENS WHEN THE RETINA (THIN
(THIN TISSUE ON THE BACK OF THE
OF THE EYE) PULLS AWAY FROM THE
FROM THE WALL OF THE EYE

6. TREATMENT
• RETINAL TEARS
• WHEN A RETINAL TEAR OR HOLE HASN'T YET PROGRESSED TO DETACHMENT, YOUR
EYE SURGEON MAY SUGGEST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES TO PREVENT
RETINAL DETACHMENT AND PRESERVE VISION.
• LASER SURGERY (PHOTOCOAGULATION). THE SURGEON DIRECTS A LASER BEAM INTO
THE EYE THROUGH THE PUPIL. THE LASER MAKES BURNS AROUND THE RETINAL TEAR,
CREATING SCARRING THAT USUALLY "WELDS" THE RETINA TO UNDERLYING TISSUE.
• FREEZING (CRYOPEXY). AFTER GIVING YOU A LOCAL ANESTHETIC TO NUMB YOUR EYE,
THE SURGEON APPLIES A FREEZING PROBE TO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE EYE
DIRECTLY OVER THE TEAR. THE FREEZING CAUSES A SCAR THAT HELPS SECURE THE
RETINA TO THE EYE WALL.

7. ORBITAL (EYE
SOCKET)
FRACTURES
• TRAUMA OR BLUNT FORCE TO
THE BONES SURROUNDING THE
EYE CAN CAUSE A FRACTURE.
ORBITAL FRACTURES USUALLY
HAPPEN WHEN AN OBJECT OR
FIST HITS THE EYE. IN AN
ORBITAL BLOWOUT FRACTURE,
BONES INSIDE THE EYE SOCKET
SHATTER. THE MUSCLES THAT
SUPPORT THE EYES CAN
STRETCH, TEAR OR BECOME

8. TREATMENT
• FOR MANY ORBITAL FRACTURES, SURGERY IS NOT NECESSARY. YOUR
OPHTHALMOLOGIST MAY RECOMMEND THE USE OF ICE PACKS TO REDUCE
SWELLING, ALONG WITH DECONGESTANTS AND ANTIBIOTICS. SNEEZING WITH
THE MOUTH OPEN, AVOIDANCE OF NOSE BLOWING, OR VIGOROUS STRAW
USAGE ARE NECESSARY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY.
• IF THE FRACTURE HAS AFFECTED MOVEMENT, FUNCTION, OR PLACEMENT OF
THE EYE, RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY MAY NEED TO BE PERFORMED.

9. INJURY FROM A FOREIGN OBJECT
•WHEN SOMETHING LODGES IN THE EYE, VISION
PROBLEMS AND EYE PAIN CAN RESULT. THE
MOST COMMON FOREIGN OBJECTS IN THE EYE
INCLUDE DIRT OR DEBRIS, SAWDUST OR
SHATTERED GLASS. CONTACT LENSES CAN
CAUSE EYE INJURIES WHEN THEY STAY IN THE
EYE TOO LONG.

11. BURNS AND IRRITATION BLEEDING IN THE
EYE
• CHEMICALS, FUMES AND
OTHER IRRITANTS CAN
BURN OR DAMAGE THE
EYE, LEADING TO VISION
LOSS
An eye surface hemorrhage
(bleeding) can result from
straining too hard (such as
during a cough) or from trauma
to the eye. A subconjunctival
hemorrhage happens when blood
appears in the clear skin part of
the eye (the conjunctiva) that
covers the white part (the sclera).
Blood can also pool between the
cornea and the iris (the clear
transparent of the eye and the
colored part). This bleeding is

12. TREATMENT AND GENERAL CARE
• SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE DOESN'T REQUIRE TREATMENT. ARTIFICIAL TEARS
(EYE DROPS) CAN HELP RELIEVE EYE IRRITATION IF IT OCCURS. MOST BROKEN BLOOD
VESSELS HEAL WITHIN 2 WEEKS. LARGER SPOTS MAY TAKE LONGER TO GO AWAY.
• COLD COMPRESSES: ICEPACKS REDUCE SWELLING AND RELIEVE PAIN.
• EYE FLUSHING: FLUSH CHEMICALS AND OTHER IRRITANTS WITH CLEAN
WATER FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
• EYEDROPS: YOUR PROVIDER MAY PRESCRIBE EYEDROPS TO HELP YOUR EYE
HEAL.
• EYE PATCH: BY COVERING YOUR EYE, YOU’LL ALLOW IT TO REST WHILE IT’S
HEALING.

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