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Check Your Symptoms
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.
Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.
If you have any of the following symptoms, evaluate those symptoms first.
- A flash burn or chemical burn to your eye: Go to the topic Burns to the Eye.
- An object in your eye: Go to the topic Objects in the Eye.
- Yes
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Do you have an object in your eye? Note: If the object hit your eye at a high speed or is a piece of metal, do not try to remove it.
- Yes
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Have you been hit in the eye?
- Yes
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Have you had eye problems after an ultraviolet (UV) light exposure? Note: You may not have any symptoms for 6 to 8 hours after exposure to ultraviolet light.
- Yes
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Do you have a cut on or around your eye?
- Yes
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Do you think an eye injury may have been caused by abuse?
- Yes
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Do you think you have an infection after an eye injury?
Other Symptoms to Watch For
Do you have any of the following symptoms?
- An eye problem without an eye injury, such as pain, blurred vision, or blood in the eye: Go to the topic Eye Problems, Noninjury.
- Facial injury: Go to the topic Facial Injuries.
- Head injury: Go to the topic Head Injury, Age 4 and Older or Head Injury, Age 3 and Younger.
- A cut in the skin near the eye or on the eyelid without an injury to the eyeball: Go to the topic Cuts.
- Sunburn: Go to the topic Sunburn.
- Burn to the face: Go to the topic Burns.
If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.
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| Last updated: | December 13, 2005 |
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Reviewed By: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Ian MacDonald, MDCM, FRCSC - Ophthalmology |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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