My eye has been scratched?
I was on the bus and some kid started talking smack, he tried to hit me but instead his finger poked my eyeball. Don't worry, he got what he deserved. Anyways, now my eye is watering like crazy and there are these extreme waves of pain. I can't see any lacerations, also I made the mistake of putting eyedrops in. What should I do? Ride it our and hope it gets better or visit the eye doctor?
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I think you need to go by how painful it is.
A small scratch will cause the eye to water, sting and be sore, while a bigger scratch will cause the eye to be more painful, red and sensitive to light.
If the eye is red and painful and sensitive to light, then you need to see an eye doctor, who may give your antibiotics as a precaution, after checking your eye, (the cornea). The way you describe the pain, you do need to see any eye doctor.
A cold compress can help with the pain.
Eye drops won't do any harm as long as they are sterile eye drops.
Don't put any water in the eye as water has bacteria in it.
extreme waves of pain= go to eye doc.....
plus-I'd rinse with eye with sterile saline solution
human fingers are filthy germwise-esp under the nail--so yeah-go to the eye doc...