Ever scratch your cornea?

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How long to heal?

How long for pain to go away?

What kind of treatment did you get?

Vision back to normal after how long?

 

[rsayloriii]

All depends on how bad you scratched it and how fast you heal.

No treatment necessary unless you've got something imbedded in your eye or it's infected.

For me it's usually something caught under my contact. Usually the pain subsides, for the most part, after the contact is out. After that, usually the next day or maybe day after it's OK to put the contact back in.

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[breakingcontact]

So just a day or two and pain is gone?

 

[tx_transplant]

Yes. It should heal on it's own pretty quickly. Once healed, vision ought to be back to normal.
I didn't have the same good fortune almost everyone else has, though. Mine became a corneal erosion. For whatever reason, the healing process wouldn't "take", and it was an ongoing thing for well over a year of drops and nighttime ointment. Thankfully, it finally did heal properly, and hasn't been an issue at all for many years. And man, was it painful.
I would suggest that if it doesn't begin to improve in a few days, to see an ophthalmologist, just to be safe. But, in all likelihood, you should heal up just fine.

 

[Boss75]

I took a pinky to the eye playing basketball in high school. I had to put drops on my eye 3 times a day for about a week and it took a couple days to stop hurting. Vision was blurry for about two days.

After it healed I had no side effects and I see great 10 years later.

 

[rsayloriii]

So just a day or two and pain is gone?

Normally... just depends how bad it got scratched, if it gets infected, and how well you heal. If it still hurts after a couple days, or gets worse, then the advice to see an opthalmologist is a good one.

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[Southpaw]

So just a day or two and pain is gone?

That or your eye falls out altogether, you'll know when it happens.

 

[Younggun]

Got some concrete chips in my eye once and had to get them removed. First doctor said it was only a scratch, few days later I went to a different doc cause it was still bothering me and they found the small chip still there.

Vision seemed good pretty quick but went to shoot a couple weeks later and noticed the sights were a little fuzzy using my right eye. It eventually passed.

Got a small piece of metal in my eye in high school and put off getting it taken care of for a few days. Seems to be a little more sensitive to bright light now.

 

[benenglish]

I learned long ago that emergency rooms are not the best place to get treatment for an eye injury. Call your eye doctor and tell them you're coming in. They'll wait for you.

I hit my right eye with a blast of degreaser once. Essentially, I chemically sandpapered the whole cornea. On the advice of my eye doctor, I did 30 minutes of emergency eye wash then had my sister drive me straight to the doc's office. Doc examined me then gave me a prescription for drops and a light grease to put in the eye. Vision was blurry and white, like looking through a film of milk, for 4-5 days. It took about 3 weeks to mostly heal and longer till I was completely without symptoms.

The good healing was a direct result of instantly talking to someone who knew how to help. If I had gone to an emergency room, I would have lost the precious, immediate-post-injury window of time that I spent on the eye washing. The injury would have been much worse and the damage could have been permanent.

 

[Das Jared]

Yes. Corneal scrape. Most excruciating pain I have ever been in in my life. Healing time was 3-4 days. You need to go get antibacterial eye drops from an eye doctor, ie go get an exam. Sleep is the best thing for injured eyes. Try not to wear corrective lenses throughout the injury, the muscles focusing in your eye will make the pain worse. Good luck!

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[Willy]

I burned my eyes with an electrical flash. (don't ask) My eyes were swelled shut for 3 days. I had 2nd degree burns on my face and left hand. My left eye went from 20/50 before accident to 20/25 after healing. My right eye went from 20/25 to 20/20. My eyesight has degraded some in the 19 years since the accident, but I still don't need glasses to get my driver's license.

Eye injuries hurt, but it's amazing how well they heal.

 

[shortround]

Just before making a parachute landing, a gust of wind collapsed my chute, and instead of making a clean landing, the result was a face first impact with the drop zone. It all happened so fast there was no way to close my eyes.

Left Cornea got scratched and it hurt like hell. The medics irrigated the eye, then sent me to the hospital. The Eye Doctor put a few drops of pain killer on the eye, then had his assistants irrigate the eye some more until they got every grain of dirt they could flush.

Next, he put a solution on the eye and looked at it under an ultraviolet light. He then packed the injury with a nasty eye salve, and I had to go back every day for two weeks to have the salve and bandage changed.

It was a bitch running the daily four mile run with an eye patch. My buddies called me "Cyclops."

 

[jrbfishn]

I burned my eyes with an electrical flash. (don't ask) My eyes were swelled shut for 3 days. I had 2nd degree burns on my face and left hand. My left eye went from 20/50 before accident to 20/25 after healing. My right eye went from 20/25 to 20/20. My eyesight has degraded some in the 19 years since the accident, but I still don't need glasses to get my driver's license.

Eye injuries hurt, but it's amazing how well they heal.

Arc burn? That shit hurts


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[F350-6]

Another vote for the eye doctor. I've had pieces of metal in my eye a few times (I'm a slow learner). The eye doctor does a MUCH better job than the emergency room does. Antibiotic eyedrops are something they give. My eye doctor also recommends Refresh tears eyedrops to help with comfort levels. It can be used as many times as you want with no ill effects.

There's also some Refresh brand drops that are more slimy and come in plastic tubes that seem to work well while you're waiting on things to heal. Don't remember the name, but they're available at most drug stores with no prescription.

 

[dvmpiper]

Eyes do heal fast, but they can go south on you just as fast. Better to hit the eye doc and get appropriate therapy. Corneal tissue is about the fastest healing tissue in the body, given that we are visually driven critters. Good to have your critical sensory organ heal quickly when injured. I have to impress that fact on my dog and cat clients all the time, so they will treat their pets' eye injuries like I tell them too. Biggest problem is bacterial infections from normal bacteria that can be in the eye naturally.

 

[Mikewood]

Their is a topical antiseptic cream used to treat sty infections it works very well on corneas. Might also wear an eye patch while you sleep for a day or two.

 

[London]

How long to heal?

How long for pain to go away?

What kind of treatment did you get?

Vision back to normal after how long?

No, but I have a friend who got a piece of glass stuck in his a few decades ago. He now has to wear sunglasses in moderate sun or under flourescent light, otherwise the light can catch the healed wound just right and seriously mess with him. He even wears them in court. I really doubt it will ever heal back.

At least it makes him look cool, I guess.

Opthamology has come along way since then and your prospects are probably much better. Don't mess around, get a good Doc, and cherish those eyes! They don't grow on trees, ya know!

 

[breakingcontact]

Appreciate all the info and mostly good news here. Didnt happen to me but to a family member. Seems to be on the mend after seeing the ophthalmologist.

 

[Saltyag2010]

I had LASIK and they make a corneal flap. They give you 2 different drops and clear perforated shields so you don't touch your eyes. I imagine they do the same for a scratch. It healed in 5-7 days.

 

[vmax]

I was walking down a isle in the base motorpool and someone stepped out with a long peice of plastic molding for a vehicle and it hit me square in the left eye. Worst pain I've ever had. instant severe tearing, I couldn't hold my eye open. They rushed me to the doc and they said my cornea had a deep scratch in it. Flushed my eye, gave me some petroleum jelly like stuff with medicine in it and I wore an eye patch for a few days.

it healed fine, no vision problem but when I go an eye doctor for an exam, they will bring it up because they can see the scar tissue apparantly.