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By KatieScho | Dec 10, 2008

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Scratched eye

My eye was viciously attacked by a baby and he scratched the **** out of it... I'm surprised I'm not blind right now. It is throbbing with pain, what should i do besides wash it out? I hope no permanent dammage is done...

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John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

Dec 10, 2008

It its painful or blurred see an Eye MD to see if the cornea was scratched. Find one near you at www.aao.org

JCH MD

Kadison

Jan 21, 2009

To: John C Hagan III, MD, FACS

My son Scratched his eye and from what I saw it went right across his cornea. It looked wide they will fully examine his eye in the morning as he was sleeping and they woke him to quickly examine the damage. How deep does a scratch need to be before it ruins his eye sight? I mean is there a big possibility he will have trouble with his left eye now?

John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO

Jan 21, 2009

If it is shallow but gets infected that can be big problem. If not get infected if it goes through the outer 1/4 (epithelium and Bowman membrane) into the stroma scars often develop.

See an Eye MD. Find one near you at www.aao.org

JCH MD

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