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Eye Injury

Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
in Help / Advice Forum
Yeah so on thursday I got sawdust in my eye. Hurt like a bitch. I went to the emergency section at the hospital, they looked at it, told me it was scratched and should heal in a day, nothing major.

So its now saturday and my eye still hurts like a bitch. A bit less so, its definitely healing, but should it be taking this long? Should I be worried? Should I go again?

Answers like "you should go to the doctor if you have the remotest concern" will annoy me. Please back up answers with fact. If need be I will just go to the doctor on my own anyways, I'm not one of those "BAH! I don't need to go to the doctors!" type people.

Thanks in advance.

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  • oldsakoldsak Registered User regular
    Well, I've scratched my cornea at least three times I can think of off the top of my head. It's been my experience that they're generally not a big deal and will heal in a day or two.

    I wouldn't be alarmed just yet. Give it some more time, make sure you keep a patch on and let your eye heal.

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  • GrimmGrimm Registered User
    I would give the hospital a quick phone call and ask them if you should come back in.

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  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter Registered User regular
    Once i was walking around in my backyard and i looked up.

    My eye hurt like a motherfucker and I couldn't close it or keep it open.

    I went to hospital, they tranq'd it, propped open my eyelid and there was a peice of sawdust right at the back of my eye.

    Might be a similar situation. The eye cant expell intrusions as well as other parts of the body if it is actually stuck in.

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  • FantasmaFantasma Registered User regular
    You should consider being evaluated by an Eye Surgeon, some injures require Micro Surgery to heal properly.

    Sorry, the correct title of eye doctor is ophthalmologist.

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    You know, I wrote the OP right in the morning when I woke up and my eye was still hurting like fuck.

    But then I slept for like 4 hours or so in the afternoon, and when I woke up my eye felt leagues better. Like there is no pain at all right now. Still a little tender, feels kinda puffy, but man I can open my eye fine now and everything.

    Thanks for all the advice guys, but I think this thread can now be locked.

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