What is Corneal Abrasion (Scratched Eye)?
Corneal Abrasion (Scratched Eye)
A corneal abrasion can make your eye feel incredibly painful. It can be responsible for blurred vision, sensitivity to light and a gritty feeling in your eye.
Corneal abrasions are normally treated with ointment and eye drops. They generally heal within a few days and cause no long-term effects.
Corneal abrasions occur when the transparent layer in the front of your eye— the cornea, is scratched. They normally occur through an injury to your eye, like poking it with a sharp fingernail or rubbing grit into it. They can also be caused by poor quality contact lenses.
What are the symptoms of Corneal Abrasion?
- Gritty feeling
- Redness
- Pain when opening or closing the eye
- Blurred vision
- Sensitivity to light
What are the causes of Corneal Abrasion?
- Poking your eye with something sharp
- Chemical burns
- Poor quality or dirty contact lenses
How do you treat Corneal Abrasion?
- Eye ointment
- Antibiotic eye drops
- An eye patch
A-Z of eye conditions
A-C
- Amblyopia (lazy eye)
- Aniridia
- Astigmatism
- Blepharitis
- Blepharoplasty
- Blue Light
- Cataract
- Central Serous Retinopathy
- Chalazion
- Choroidal Nevus
- Computer Vision Syndrome
- Conjunctivitis
- Corneal Abrasion
- Cryotherapy
K-M
- Keratitis
- Keratoconus
- Lattice Degeneration
- Lid Hygiene
- Macular Degeneration
- Macular Hole
- Macular Oedema
- Macular Pucker
- Myopia (short-sightedness)
N-R
S-Z
- Scleral Bucking
- Strabismus
- Stye
- Subconjunctival Haemorrhage
- Uveitis