Objects In The Eye: Check Your Symptoms

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Check Your Symptoms

If you answer yes to any of the following questions, click on the "Yes" in front of the question for information about how soon to see a health professional.

Review health risks that may increase the seriousness of your symptoms.

If you have any of the following symptoms, evaluate those symptoms first.

• A liquid or solid chemical in your eye: Go to the topic Burns to the Eye.

Yes

Do you have an object in your eye? If the object hit your eye at high speed or is a piece of metal, do not try to remove it.

Yes

Do you think you have an infection after an eye injury?

Other Symptoms to Watch For

Do you have any of the following symptoms?

• An eye injury other than an object in the eye: Go to the topic Eye Injuries.
• An eye problem without an eye injury, such as pain, blurred vision, or blood in the eye: Go to the topic Eye Problems, Noninjury.
• Pinkeye: Go to the topic Pinkeye.

If a visit to a health professional is not needed immediately, see the Home Treatment section for self-care information.

Last updated:	December 06, 2007
Author:	Jan Nissl, RN, BS
Reviewed By:	William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine, Christopher J. Rudnisky, MD, FRCSC - Ophthalmology
Editors:	Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer