Corneal injury

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Cornea

• Being very sensitive to light
• Blurred vision
• Decrease in vision
• Eye pain or stinging and burning in the eye
• Feeling like something is in your eye, called a foreign-body sensation
• Redness of the eye, "bloodshot" eyes
• Swollen eyelids
• Watery eyes or increased tearing

A complete eye exam must be done. The health care provider may use a special stain called fluorescein, placed on the surface of the eye.

Tests that are used to examine the eye for damage to the cornea include:

• Standard ophthalmic exam
• Slit lamp examination of the eye

Review Date: 07/28/2010
Reviewed By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Franklin W. Lusby, MD, Opthalmologist, Lusby Vision Institute, La Jolla, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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