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Scratched my cornea (eye)
« on: January 03, 2018, 02:24:06 PM »
Eye was hurting me all day yesterday, prodded at it thinking I had an eyelash out of place or something.  Didn't get any better so I go the doc - and his pronouncement, "it hurts because you scratched the cornea".

Who knows how - could have been anything.  I gather from his reaction that it isn't particularly bad, couple of days and it will be fine, but my vision is something I depend on for everything.  My window to the world so to speak - anything that endangers that gives me the willies big time.   :'(
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2018, 02:48:17 PM »
 Being a metal worker I had more of that than I should have. In recent years the safety glasses have gotten better.  Once I had a piece of carbon steel that rusted over the weekend. I incorrectly assumed it was just scratched and waited. The sensation of an eye doctor pulling on your eye with a hook scraper is one you won't soon forget.
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2018, 07:15:25 PM »
Being a metal worker I had more of that than I should have. In recent years the safety glasses have gotten better.  Once I had a piece of carbon steel that rusted over the weekend. I incorrectly assumed it was just scratched and waited. The sensation of an eye doctor pulling on your eye with a hook scraper is one you won't soon forget.


You are 1000% correct sir. Each part of the entire treatment has a unique set of sensations/reactions.
Aint none of them pleasant.

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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2018, 11:21:15 PM »
Aaaaaaaaaand I just ordered a face shield.  :o
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2018, 09:46:59 AM »
My sister had a scratched cornea after a car wreck. She says it was very uncomfortable but it didn't take that long to heal.

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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2018, 10:35:24 AM »
I scratched my cornea on a grain of sand following a beach party in college.  Not comfortable at all.
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2018, 12:48:52 PM »
My eyes are watering just thinking about this...  :P
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2018, 02:09:06 PM »
 The eye is the fastest healing organ on the body. When I was a kid my mother woke up one morning and her eye would not stop watering and her nose was pouring out snot and would not stop. Dr. said she probably scratched her eye while sleeping with one of her long dagger-like fingernails that were fashionable back in the day. We called her 'Patch' for awhile.
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2018, 03:09:41 PM »
The eye is the fastest healing organ on the body. When I was a kid my mother woke up one morning and her eye would not stop watering and her nose was pouring out snot and would not stop. Dr. said she probably scratched her eye while sleeping with one of her long dagger-like fingernails that were fashionable back in the day. We called her 'Patch' for awhile.

Makes me wonder how often Saruman gets a scratched cornea...am I right? :)

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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2018, 03:37:54 PM »
Being a metal worker I had more of that than I should have. In recent years the safety glasses have gotten better.  Once I had a piece of carbon steel that rusted over the weekend. I incorrectly assumed it was just scratched and waited. The sensation of an eye doctor pulling on your eye with a hook scraper is one you won't soon forget.


You are 1000% correct sir. Each part of the entire treatment has a unique set of sensations/reactions.
Aint none of them pleasant.

Don't you just love it when the needle is heading straight for your eyeball and the Dr says "OK what ever you do DON'T BLINK".
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2018, 04:40:25 PM »


Don't you just love it when the needle is heading straight for your eyeball and the Dr says "OK what ever you do DON'T BLINK".
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Yup, just as the eye starts to flood and the blink reflex is taking over. The eyelid feels like it weighs 10 lbs.

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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2018, 07:18:04 PM »
Man you guys are making me feel downright fortunate - no metal hooks or needles in my eyes!

It's feeling better today, so I gather it's healed sufficiently.  Although tonight after work I did a 5k run and had to deal with sweat in my eyes.  Nothing like having sweat in your eyes and not being able to wipe them.
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2018, 02:01:01 AM »
nothing worse than eye damage!ive had embedded stuff dug out of my eye as a kid,whoa!the doctor drips some numbing drops in your eye then says hold still as he approaches with a blank syringe needle,then ya get a pillow taped to ya head and a few days off school trying to watch tv with your eye streaming!then when the patch comes off ya cant stand sunlight for two days,i take care these days and always always always wear decent safety eyewear grinding and such,i have a few pairs always handy around and hooked over bench grinders not just for myself but for mates etc who might just for a second grind some little thing?even just for one small grind or wire wheel use always wear glasses!i copped a little piece of carbon from the exhaust of a two stroke lawn mower as I was de-coking it with a screw driver as kid,not even with a machine tool!

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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2018, 11:04:51 AM »
Well unless something dramatic happens tomorrow, I have to schedule a follow-up appointment - it's not healing.

Couldn't say what the issue is, but it feels like I have sand in my eye.  Maybe the scratch was deeper than he thought it was?
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2018, 11:53:05 AM »
Probably  just contaminated from looking at dirty pictures! Ha ha.

Just kidding, I hope it goes  good for you.
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2018, 12:07:56 PM »
Naw I went blind from that long ago  :D

I may just be too impatient, but I might as well get it checked - not going to risk my eyesight for anything.
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Re: Scratched my cornea (eye)
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2018, 01:10:39 PM »
I once had a corneal ulcer once. Not much fun!
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