Medical Health Encyclopedia

Eye emergencies

Occasionally, serious damage to the eye itself occurs from the pressure of the swollen tissue. Bleeding inside the eye can reduce vision, cause glaucoma, or damage the cornea.

Causes:

• Head injury
• Foreign object in the eye
• Chemical injury
• Blow to the eye
• Eyelid and eye cuts
• Conjunctivitis
• Glaucoma
• Orbital cellulitis
• Iritis
• Corneal abrasion

References:

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Yanoff, M, Duker, JS and Augsburger, JJ, et al. eds. Ophthalmology. 2^nd Ed. St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier, 2004:1391-1396.

Auerbach PS. Wilderness Medicine. 4^th Ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 2001.

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