Hey all- question regarding middle of the night eye poke and soreness

[Jaxper]

Hey all...question for anyone who can help...Last night, about 1:30am, I woke up and realized that possibly as I was waking up I must have poked my eye...i had that acute painful/sensitive feeling you get when you poke your eye...it was hard to keep open, but didnt want to be closed either...I splashed it with cool water to the best of my ability..and rubbed it trying to figure out what was going on, upon which time I realized it was red and very teary...it took about 20 minutes, but eventually the discomfort faded enough so that I could go back to sleep.

This morning...I woke up and there was still a little discomfort. Very faint...but definitely a slight feeling of soreness. I have no sensitivity to light, blurriness, or difficulty seeing out of that eye....no discharge or tearing, and its not really any more red than usual.

Is soreness following an eye poke common for a day or two? Is there any reason to get this looked at by a doctor based on what I am experiencing now? Or can I give it a day or two to see if that fades away?

And am I completely weird for managing to poke my eye during the middle of the night?

Any help would be appreciated...

Thanks!

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

self injury of the eye, usually the cornea is not rare while sleeping. Use artifical tears 4-6 times/day. If your eye is not feeling normal on Monday morning then call and eye MD for a consult.

JCH III MD

[Jaxper]

Thank you Dr. Hagan...

This morning it felt better. Almost entirely normal, and this afternoon even better. Pretty sure its absolutely nothing. However, as I already had a referral to an ophthalmologist in hand as I as planning on going to get my eyes examined to update my eyeglass prescription anyway, I moved the appointment up to this Thursday. Figured better safe than sorry.

Thanks again.

- Jeff

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

You're welcome
JCH II MD

[Jaxper]

Thanks again...I just wanted to let you know that the doctor believes I did not get anything in my eye after all. She said that I have severe allergies in my eyes and that what probably happened was that my eye dried out so badly that the eyeball actually stuck to the eyelid while I was sleeping, and that upon opening it, the detaching of the lid from the eye caused the same type of pain.

Anyway...she gave me a script for some eye drops  she said I could take if it becomes recurrent...but fortunately, all my worry was for not. Thanks again Dr.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

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