corneal abrasion - blurred vision and eye still tender one week later

[Zootal]

I suffered a corneal abrasion one week ago. Got hit in face with small tree branch. Eye very painful, vision clouded. Went to urgent care. Diagnosed corneal abrasion and sent me home. Gave me Neo/poly/dex drops. Put one drop in eye 4 times a day for one week. Today is the seventh day, and the last day I am to use the drops.
Followed up with eye doctor (optometrist) on third day. She put dye in eye and used slit lamp microscope thing. She said abrasions were healing nicely, there is some clouding of cornea. This was mostly cleared up two days later at a second visit (five days after injury) and she said I didn't need to see her unless things got worse.

Today is day eight (it happened a week ago today). My vision is still slightly blurred and lights are slightly streaked (astigmatism?). I can read and use the computer just fine, the blurring is not enough to keep me from doing that, but still noticeable. I look at a point light source, and I can see a slight streaking effect. The eye has no visible symptoms - no redness, no swelling, no puffiness, etc. It is tender and drys out easily, and I tend to keep it closed part of the time.

Is this normal to still have some discomfort and drying after a week? How long do these symptoms normally last? Do vision changes like this eventually go away? And lastly, how long should I wait before going back to my eye doctor if I'm still having discomfort or vision changes don't go away? (Or should I have seen an ophthalmologist instead)?

[IDH1111]

Hi, I am so sorry that it happened to your daughter. Recently I had a corneal laceration but, only the cornea part is damaged a bit, the doctor stitched it up and put me on some eye drops.

I just want to know, how it went with your daughter ? Is she fully recovered. Can she see normally now ? I hope everything went fine in the end.

Thanks

[JohnHaganMD]

The information is also included on my home page in the blogs I've posted JCHMD

[JohnHaganMD]

It is unlikely you have done anything permanent to your eye. Use the search feature and read about "recurrent corneal erosions" which has information on how to get a cornea to heal completely

JCH MD

[Keke2509]

Last week, I scratched my cornea with my finger nail by mistake. It hurt really bad and my eyes were watery and blurry. When I looked in the mirror, I noticed I had a small, clear scratch on my cornea.

I put some eye drops in it and even put some clean water in my eye too. After a while, the clear scratch went away and the pain in my eye went away too.

The only thing I'm having problem with is blurry vision. At first it wasn't that bad last week until it got worse this week.

Whenever I look at a bright screen or lights, I see a glow around it and cloudy vision. I can still see out my eye, but it just cloudy and kind of blurry.

It scared me so bad that I thought I had cataracts, but I'm only 24 years old. And the blurry vision started to happen when I scratch my cornea with my fingernail.

I just told my mom to make an appointment for me so I can see an eye doctor. I hope I didn't permanently damage my vision.

Did you think I damage my eye? Will this cloudy and blurriness go away? Because I am so scared, and I've been crying all day. ):

[JohnHaganMD]

answered in the note you sent. JCH MD

[Bfcerny]

Dr Hagan,
My 9 year old daughter was accidentally but forcefully stabbed in the eye with a pencil today. We took her to see the doctor who referred us to a specialist.
She had a full thickness corneal laceration with the pencil impacting the lens causing the lense to prolapse.
The lens was severely damaged and subsequently removed. The laceration to the cornea was long and jagged requiring 8 stitches in the central line of vision bisecting the center of the pupil.
The plan is to wait 8 weeks. Insert a false lens and hope that the cornea laceration is healed properly. If the cornea heals with a obstruction to line of sight, a cornea transplant would be pursued.
Do you agree with this line of treatment? What do you see as our best option to restore sight, if even just some of it, to our precious 9 year old girl. We are devastated. Do you think she can ever see again out of the damaged eye?