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Foreign Body, Eye (cont.)

Eye Foreign Body Symptoms

  • Sharp pain in your eye followed by burning, irritation, tearing, and redness

  • Feeling that something is in your eye when moving your eye around while it is closed

  • Scratching sensation over your eye when blinking

  • Blurred vision or vision loss in the affected eye

  • Bleeding into the white part of your eye, which can be either a conjunctival hemorrhage or a subconjunctival hemorrhage (Sometimes, this is associated with a penetrating injury.)

  • Blood layering in front of your iris, the colored area of your eye, and behind the cornea, the clear dome on the front of your eye (This is called hyphema and is often a sign of significant injury.)



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