Scratched cornea

[kenmac]

Anyone ever had this happen ??
It Happened to me for the 1 st time over the weekend... It sure ain't fun

 

[KubotaToy]

Few years back, I was hit by a limb that my ROPS pushed back as I was using my BH, when I moved the BH in creep mode forward, I turn head just in time for the 1" limb to slide around the ROPS and hit me square my right eye. Hurt real bad when it happened and I immediately lost my sight in that eye, I thought it had ruptured as I put my hand to my eye it filled with blood. Fortunately, it only busted most of the blood vessels in the eye and cut my eyelid. But is also scratched the cornea over most of the center portion and your are very correct, that was the most painful part of the recovery, took about 15 days before it did not hurt. It was about 30 days before I started seeing again and now have about 75 percent of my sight back.

Life lesson learned- I wear safety glasses no matter what I am doing outside. I have a pair in every vehicle and I hang them on my hat so I put them on before I open the door. I may go outside with no shoes or shirt on to get the paper but I will have safety glasses on as it has finally become a habit.

Hope you get better soon.

 

[Threepoint]

Kenmac, ouch! Hope you heal soon. KubotaToy, quite a story. Good safety reminder for all of us.

 

[rekees4300]

Hope you went to see a doctor? Obviously, your eyes are important.

 

[thatguy]

my wife is an optometrist and sees quite a few scratched corneas and foreign body removals.. probably +90% of them are NOT wearing any type of safety glasses..

Brian

 

[Jstpssng]

I've gotten crap in my eye many times.. Always in my strong eye . The suffering is WAY disproportionate to the injury.
One Sunday I was cutting, grinding, and welding on an old trailer . When I took my safety glasses off it brushed a piece of rust out of my hair; I tried to work the next day but gave up. By the time I had it looked at I had a crater that is still there. A couple of years later I was working on a hot, humid day and had just taken my glasses off because they were steaming up and caught a sapling so hard that it flashed white... by the end of the next day I ended up in the ER.

The good news is that it will heal fast.

 

[MossRoad]

Anyone ever had this happen ??
It Happened to me for the 1 st time over the weekend... It sure ain't fun

OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! Eye injuries just give me the shivers.... Never had a scratched cornea myself. One of our cats did. He was not a happy guy for a few days, but it healed 100%.

 

[kenmac]

Hope you went to see a doctor? Obviously, your eyes are important.

Here's some insight

Yes, I went to the eye hospital Sunday night ...Got eye drop meds...went back to eye doc. today.. She says she doesn't like the looks of it..Gave me different eye drop meds.. to put in my eyes every hour over night.

So, I guess I'll sleep for an hour on and off all night. go back to see doc tomorrow...
It happened this past Saturday while cutting grass... I had safety glasses on, but something got around them ,and in my eye.. I went in and was able to see the something that got in my eye and got it out... I put my contact back in ,and thought all was fine.... When I awoke Sunday morning, I was in pain... I really didn't think much of it ,until later in the day... I told my wife to give me a ride to the eye hospital...
W'ell see how it goes after being up all night putting in eye drops..

 

[dan ny escarpment]

Sorry to hear, hope you heal soon.

Yeah, me also at least 3 times, twice in the woods and one dumb one at work. Once while solo camping/canoeing in UP of Michigan, hit a branch when looking up suddendly when startled by a very large military aircraft flying very low and fast over the U.P. Luckily I had the antibiotic ointment and drops with dressing from the work incident, but ended up in the tent for 24 hours. It is painful, and infection is a risk not to be taken lightly. Using ointment and eye patch at night and being careful not to create suction when trying to open the eye if crusted over in the morning (by soaking the eyelashes and lids with warn washcloth first) will help it heal faster. I would have someone look at it, I had difficulty with one of them healing properly.

 

[nickc]

a piece of steel chip managed to make its way over the top of my safety glasses & fish hooked into my cornea. I knew it was bad when the doc told me it had to be ground out because pulling it out wasn't an option. (I duct taped my eye open to get there, 20 mile ride, because it was scratching my eyelid) Hurt pretty bad for a couple days. Take it easy for a few days. get well.

N-

 

[drizler]

It's just too bad that most safety glasses fog up so bad that you just can't function in them much of the time. The only ones I can endure are the small 4 buck a pair type that don't cover any more than an average pair of glasses. Better than nothing I guess .

 

[kenmac]

I'm going to buy some goggles.

 

[tractchores]

I've had a couple close calls and really try to wear glasses no matter what now. It's usually the random stuff that gets you. I scratched my cornea (minor) stacking wood. i was just moving stuff around nd dropped a piece of wood, something kicked up into my eye and a piece was sharp. Lots of pain, I didn't go to the DR. The weird part was a few days later I rubbed my eye and this giant black thing came out, it was a chunk of wood that had somehow gotten stuck in there.. felt a LOT better when that came out.

Now I always wear glasses, though as mentioned that's not a sure bet. I often wear glasses + a face visor now, the visor doesn't fog up as bad as goggles.

 

[Industrial Toys]

If it has been said, sorry. But fortunately the cornea is the fastest growing organ (?) in the body. I wear these crazy hard contacts because I cannot get myself to go under the laser, and have had many abrasions! Heck, I've squirted carb cleaner into my eyes more than once!

Can't someone make safety glasses that don't scratch with reasonable care and DON'T fog up immediately?

 

[gwstang]

I'm going to buy some goggles.

I've started using goggles the last year, instead of safety glasses. I think the goggles do a better job of keeping stuff out of where it does not belong! I have learned the hard way that putting on goggles is the thing to do when blowing off the mower decks/bush hog from stuff that gathers on them. Hope the original poster gets better. Eye stuff is nothing to play around with.

 

[Mace Canute]

A friend at work one night had a small tree branch whip him in the face and across the eyeball....scratched it a good one. He had severe problems with it and it took years before it was better and even years afterwards it still looked bad. At it's worse a St. Bernard had a nicer eye.

 

[kenmac]

I've started using goggles the last year, instead of safety glasses. I think the goggles do a better job of keeping stuff out of where it does not belong! I have learned the hard way that putting on goggles is the thing to do when blowing off the mower decks/bush hog from stuff that gathers on them. Hope the original poster gets better. Eye stuff is nothing to play around with.

WELL, I've already bought the goggles. that seal around my eyes...Can't wait to get better so I can try them out.. I hope I don't have to wait too long.... A lot to do.. summer is here and business is ramping up

 

[/pine]

You have my sympathy...I've been dealing with one for the second time in less than a year and I always use goggles when grinding, cutting (anything throwing dust or sparks) etc.,etc...

The first one occurred when I slid under the jeep to just look at the PTO shaft and knocked a piece of rust off a cross member and I was wearing glasses...Happened on a weekend so it was the ER or deal with it...When I went to my regular eye doc. he pulled a big chunk out and said there were several smaller pieces that had already buried into the cornea...just like he said...it took a few days for them to be repelled and sure enough it felt like it happened all over again...!

The second occurred when I went to use an air hose to blow off a part that had been cleaned up to be painted...again, I was wearing glasses...

For me, the worst part is after the initial hurt subsides (debris removed) then the sensitivity to light is horrible...

I may be wrong about this...but It's my understanding that if you get anything in your eye that is harder than the cornea or lid tissue...it's gonna scratch something...just a matter of how deep the scratch(es)...

 

[kenmac]

Well, I feel for anyone that says they have / had a scratched cornea.. I hope I don't ever have this happen ever again...

It's the 1 st. for my in 57 yrs.. I hope it's my last !

I wouldn't wish this on anyone

 

[Industrial Toys]

A post reminded me of a nasty experience. I was blowing snow and a tree branch whipped accoss my face, smashing my hard contact lenses.

The shattered piece went up into my eye. I told the ER doctor where it was, but he claimed that there was nothing there and it just felt like it. A couple of nights later, I woke up in pain and went back to the ER insisting this time that the broken piece was still up there. This time they got it.