First Aid Guides
Eye injury
Causes, signs and symptoms
Causes of eye injuries
Some causes of eye injuries include:
- Impact with objects, such as a fist, ball, stones or tree branches
- Penetration from an object
- Foreign objects, such as dirt, slivers of wood/metal or sand
- Chemicals, such as acid, caustic soda, lime
- Flames
- Flash burns
- Smoke
- Lasers
Symptoms of small objects in eyes
Symptoms of a foreign object in the eye include:- Pain in your eye followed by burning and irritation
- Feeling that there is something in your eye
- Watery and redness
- A scratchy feeling when blinking
- Vision changes
- Sensitivity to light
- Bleeding into the white of the eye
Symptoms of impact injuries to eyes
Symptoms of a foreign object in the eye include:
- Watering and redness
- Bleeding around or in the white of the eye
- Swelling around the eye
- Vision changes
- Problems with eye movement
- Changes in eye appearance
- Sensitivity to light
