Eye Injury

When to Call Your Doctor - Call Your Doctor Now

Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If

  • You think your child has a serious injury
  • Vision is blurred or lost in either eye
  • Child reports double vision or unable to look upward
  • Pupils unequal in size or abnormal shape
  • Bloody or cloudy fluid behind the cornea (clear part)
  • Object hit the eye at high speed (such as from a lawn mower, golf ball, fireworks)
  • Sharp object hit the eye (such as metallic chip)
  • Skin is split open or gaping and may need stitches
  • Any cut on the eyelid or eyeball
  • Constant tearing or blinking
  • Child keeps the eye covered or refuses to open it
  • Severe pain
  • Age under 1 year old

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