Eye Injury

Prevent Blindness marked September as Sports Eye Safety Month, highlighting data showing that more than 32,600 sports-related eye injuries were treated in the U.S. in 2023, with the highest rate of injury in pool and water sports.

A 20-year-old man presented to the Tufts Medical Center emergency department with left eye pain, lightheadedness, nausea and vomiting after blunt trauma to the left lateral periorbital region.

For the fourth consecutive year, Prevent Blindness has declared June 28 to July 4 as Fireworks Safety Awareness Week, a time to educate the public about the dangers of fireworks.

A survey conducted by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center found that nearly 30% of Americans do not know that looking directly at a solar eclipse without protection can cause permanent eye damage.

A 70-year-old man presented with blurry vision after sustaining trauma 6 weeks after uncomplicated phacoemulsification and IOL implantation in the left eye.

According to NATO standards, combat casualties should be managed through a system of echelons of care in which the most critically injured patients receive the most urgent care at the earliest time possible.

War shifts needs and priorities, and much of what is taken for granted in peacetime is no longer there.

NEW ORLEANS — Corneal abrasions are the most common basketball-related eye injury, according to a poster presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

Every summer brings fireworks, pushing the physical dangers and risks of these fiery explosions to the forefront of the conversation.

In the final part of a five-part series, Annette Hoskin, BOptom, MBA, discusses how to best inform patients about eye safety.