Scratched cornea

[riptides]

Painful.

I would like everyone to take the time and go find some safety goggles and hearing protection.

Or, I'll post my plastic eye here and tell you all the bad things about lost vision.

 

[troutsqueezer]

Painful.

I would like everyone to take the time and go find some safety goggles and hearing protection.

Or, I'll post my plastic eye here and tell you all the bad things about lost vision.

And I'll tell you all the bad things about tinnitus.

 

[riptides]

And I'll tell you all the bad things about tinnitus.

Yes, truly maddening. I seem to have had a nice noise in my head for many years, keenly sharp hearing, scary actually, but the whine/ringing is horrible.

I have to think about not listening for it. Crazy.

 

[thatguy]

Here we have an emergency eye hospital. They have Opthamologist 24 7.. so I was seen by an eye specialist instead of the normal hospital ER DR.

no offense to the normal ER doctors - but based on my wifes practice experience (she is an OD that works for an MD) - you are better off going to an eye professional (MD or OD). Most if not all hospitals should have an ophthalmologist on call, but they dont seem to want to come in unless its really bad.

Just a week ago, she just had a guy that went to the ER because his eye was hurting. They did the dye in the eye saw nothing and said take tylenol.. She saw him the next day and he had a HUGE scratch on the cornea - she said there was no way they could (should) have missed seeing that scratch - especially when they put the dye in.

PSA for everyone - see if your eye doctor has someone on call during weekends and off hours.. You will save a LOT of money by making that call to them versus heading to the ER for an eye emergency

Brian

 

[drizler]

Safety Glasses, Clear Lens

Industrial Ear Muffs


These are the ones I absolutely love. The glasses don't fog up in most instances and the headphones are the most comfortable I have seen. I also love the way they spread so you can put them on from behind your neck when wearing a hat or if you put on a face shield. They are so cheap that I leave them all over the place. As far as noise protection goes I personally don't get into the numbers and rate em "Plenty Good Enough". :thumbsup:

 

[Sodo]

Agreed on the Harbor Freight earmuffs, good stuff. More comfortable and quieter than another unit that I paid $12 for.

If you're gonna tell me about tinnitis, speak up a little (can't make out what you're saying over the background noise).

 

[Jstpssng]

I have no problem hearing... I just don't understand what you're saying.

Especially on a jobsite when somebody doesn't shut their diesel machine off...

Funny thing though, that only seems to happen when they know what I have to say... but prefer to do it their own way.

 

[kenmac]

no offense to the normal ER doctors - but based on my wifes practice experience (she is an OD that works for an MD) - you are better off going to an eye professional (MD or OD). Most if not all hospitals should have an ophthalmologist on call, but they dont seem to want to come in unless its really bad.

Just a week ago, she just had a guy that went to the ER because his eye was hurting. They did the dye in the eye saw nothing and said take tylenol.. She saw him the next day and he had a HUGE scratch on the cornea - she said there was no way they could (should) have missed seeing that scratch - especially when they put the dye in.

PSA for everyone - see if your eye doctor has someone on call during weekends and off hours.. You will save a LOT of money by making that call to them versus heading to the ER for an eye emergency

Brian

That's why I went to the emergency eye hospital..(Callahan Eye Hospital) To be seen by an Ophthalmologist. They work 24 7 to take care of any eye emergencies,,,just like docs at a regular hospital ER would take care of other types of emergencies .

The DR. Ophthalmologist That I have been seeing after the injury, says she is glad I went to the eye hospital when I did ,because the Docs I saw that night started me on medications in the eye to prevent infection.

I have had to continue to have to medicate my eye with drops every 2 hrs while I'm awake. When I go to sleep ,I have to put a medicated jell in my eye.I have to continue this, until I go back to see the eye DR. next Friday..

I'm so ready for this to be over !!

I've had the ringing in my ears for so long,, I can't remember when I didn't have it !

 

[dodge man]

I am a land surveyor and walked into a tree branch several years ago. Probably not that bad but it seemed bad at the time. For about the next 15 years that eye would bother me off and on. I'd go to the eye doctor and he wouldn't see anything. After about the third trip in he said next time this happens come in right away and tell them I need to see you right away. He found out the original injury left a very slight scar the was getting reinjured. It eventually got better on its own.

A couple of things I learned. Your cornea heals very fast, he told me sometimes a slight injury might heal in a few minutes. Your eyes roll up inside your head everytime you blink or close your eyes. I'd tell him where the injury was when my eyes were closed, but he would explain its in a different place when your eyes are open. He also explained when your eye gets irated you start to blink a lot, this makes any problem worse, you start blinking even more, and it snow balls.