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Eye injury. Eye injury. A small piece of iron has lodged in the margin of the cornea. Specialty. Ophthalmology, neurology. Physical or chemical injuries of the eye can be a serious threat to vision if not treated appropriately and in a timely fashion. The most obvious presentation of ocular (eye) injuries is redness and pain of the affected eyes.
Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from either natural (e.g. intense direct or reflected sunlight) or artificial (e.g. the electric arc during welding) sources. Photokeratitis is akin to a sunburn of the cornea and conjunctiva.
Corneal abrasion is a scratch to the surface of the cornea of the eye. [3] Symptoms include pain, redness, light sensitivity, and a feeling like a foreign body is in the eye. [1] Most people recover completely within three days. [1] Most cases are due to minor trauma to the eye such as that which can occur with contact lens use or from ...
Guthrie has been in and out of work since the week of Nov. 27, when she revealed that an accident with her son had left her temporarily blind in her right eye. Toddler Charley, who turned 3 this ...
Whereas young men tend to sustain penetrating or perforating eye injuries at work, during an assault, or due to alcohol and drug-related accidents. Globe rupture is more common than eyewall lacerations in older patients, with ground-level falls the most common mechanism in those over 75 years of age.
Savannah Guthrie called in to NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday to explain why she's been absent from the air this week: She suffered a serious eye injury after her 2-year-old son accidentally hit ...
December 1, 2023 at 6:19 PM. Michelle Pfeiffer. Michelle Pfeiffer has an important warning for her fellow pickleball players out there. The 65-year-old actress recently sustained a painful injury ...
Sympathetic ophthalmia ( SO ), also called spared eye injury, is a diffuse granulomatous inflammation of the uveal layer of both eyes following trauma to one eye. It can leave the affected person completely blind. Symptoms may develop from days to several years after a penetrating eye injury. It typically results from a delayed hypersensitivity ...