Depending on the type of injury, any of the following symptoms may be present:

• Bleeding or other discharge from or around the eye
• Bruising
• Decreased vision
• Double vision
• Eye pain
• Headache
• Itchy eyes
• Loss of vision
• Pupils of unequal size
• Redness -- bloodshot appearance
• Sensation of something in the eye
• Sensitivity to light
• Stinging or burning in the eye

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Corneal injury

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Review Date: 02/07/2011
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)