Eye Emergencies in Mars
Experiencing a stab of pain in your eye?
Sudden changes in vision? Images appearing faded, blurry or foggy?
Got chemicals or another foreign object or substance in your eye?
Come visit Clear Vision Family Eyecare for emergency eye care.
Our Mars optometrists can help you preserve your vision and eye health.
We understand that accidents happen.
Our optometrists know exactly what to do to help you through your eye care emergency.
Whether it’s a workplace accident, an at-home incident, or some other emergency requiring immediate attention, we’re here to help you preserve your eye health and sight!
What To Do If You Have an Eye Emergency
First things first. Don’t panic! Staying calm is the best way to help you think straight and help those around you to remain calm. Often, it’s not necessary to go to an emergency room for eye emergencies. In fact, the vast majority of people who go to the emergency room for eye care could have received treatment from their local optometrist instead.
If you’re unsure whether you’re experiencing an eye emergency, give us a call immediately! Delay may increase the risk of serious complications and may result in vision loss.
Until you see your eye doctor or seek urgent care, avoid the following:
- Don’t try to remove an embedded object out of your eye
- If your eye is injured, don’t press on it or rub it
- Dry cotton and sharp instruments such as tweezers should never be used on the eye.
Whether you’ve had a workplace accident or an at-home incident, our eye doctors are here to help
Eye Emergencies FAQs
Eye emergencies are anything that may cause permanent damage to your eyes or vision without timely intervention from an eye care professional.
The most common types of eye emergencies include:
- A blow, poke or other trauma to the eye
- Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes
- Chemical spills in the eye
- Foreign object embedded in the eye
- Sudden appearance of light flashes or floaters
- Contact lens lost in the eye
Symptoms of an eye infection typically include itching, burning, redness, crusty and watery eyes. See a Mars eye doctor if your symptoms last over 4 days or if you experience intense pain, redness, blurred vision or light sensitivity.
Most of the time, a person can easily remove debris from the eye by repeatedly blinking to get the debris out. If that doesn’t work, you can wash your eye with saline (sterile salt water) to flush out any dust and dirt from your eye, or use streaming tap water.
However, you may scratch your cornea while attempting to get an object out which can cause further sight-threatening complications.
So the best thing you can do in this kind of eye emergency is to get to your eye doctor in Mars as soon as possible.
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Dr. Pamela Houghton obtained a Doctorate of Optometry degree from Indiana University College of Optometry and specializes in Lasik and PRK today. She has been practicing optometry for over 20 years and joined the Clear Vision team in 2020.…
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Dr. Shannon Mihalacki, Optometrist – Dr. Mihalacki was born and raised in Johnstown, PA. She received her Bachelor of Science from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA, and a Doctorate in Optometry from the…
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Dr. Michael Lacina joined Clear Vision Family EyeCare during the Summer of 2013. He attended Duquesne University and graduated with clinical honors from the Ohio State University College of Optometry.
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Dr. Rebecca Woodring, Optometrist – Dr. Woodring was born and raised in Gibsonia, PA. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, PA, and a Doctorate in Optometry at Pennsylvania…
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Have an eye emergency?
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