I Think I Scratched My Eye! Crap. I was trimming shrubs with the electric trimmer and a chunk of thick branch hit me right in the eyeball. I saw it coming toward me a split-second before it hit. It feels like I scratched it or something. I don't see anything in there, but boy, is it annoying and sore. I put in eyedrops several times and flushed it out with salt water. Of course, it's Sunday :rolleyes: and the doctor's offices are closed. The Emergency Room is useless here. Hopefully, I'm good until tomorrow. Anyone have any good tips besides what I have already done? Thanks. |
I'm sorry, I know how that can hurt. My daughter got a scratch on her eye when she was younger. The dr. gave us medication to put in it but it healed great!!!! |
Basically to keep the eye shut. If you were to seek treatment, they will put an eyedrop dye in the eye and then shine a special light to check for a scratch or deeper cut. If it is just a scratch, they put an antibiotic drop in and give you and eye patch and then you follow-up with an opthamalogist the next day. It is usually better by the next day. If it is a deeper cut, they usually refer you immediately to an opthamalogist. Sometimes there are additional drops and other meds necessary with a deeper cut to make sure infection does not set in and to check for loss of vision. Several years ago, my hubby and I ran a lawn business. We were doing a spring clean up and he was hauling branches into a truck bed. One got stuck and when he yanked - you guessed it - right into his eye. His was a major laceration that sent us directly from the ER to the opthamalogy specialist 45 minutes away. He actually has a flap of cornea that needed to be trimmed. The doctor was very concerned saying that the branch basically did an RK procedure on his eye and he expected his vision to significantly decrease in the eye. Well, the good news is that his vision was already so poor that the RK the branch did actually significantly improved his vision!!!! But, it was also about a week's worth of treatments, special drops every 2 hours round the clock and a couple follow-up visits during that week as well. Hope this helps and that your eye feels better soon. Always wear some kind of glasses when doing this kind of chore as it is much easier than you think to really mess up your vision with deeper cuts. |
Not as a cure, but just to make your eye feel better, make some chamomile tea, put it in the fridge for a while once cold, get a clean piece of cotton , lay down, relax, and put it over your eye.It is very refreshing, but NOT a cure, go see your Dr.Hope you feel better! |
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