I think I have got something in my eye Foreign

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I think I have got something in my eye Foreign bodies in the eye Lin Khoo, Aug 2023 Ophthalmology registrar Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Getting the story 1. When and what were they doing when it happened? Is this foreign body of a lowhigh

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I think I have got something in my eye Foreign bodies in the eye

Lin Khoo, Aug 2023 
Ophthalmology registrar
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary<br>
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Getting the story 1. When and what were they doing when it happened?
Is this foreign body of a low/high velocity
Low velocity – conjunctiva, under lid, cornea
Seed/sand/grit
High velocity – enter the globe/orbit
Hammering/ chiseling/high speed machinery – metal/stone/sharp glass
Nature of foreign body – dust, wood, metal, glass
‘Lost’ contact lens
Were they wearing protective eye goggles (provided or not)/spectacles/contact lenses<br>
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Getting the story 2. How symptomatic?
Superficial not involving the cornea – discomfort not acute pain
Cornea involved – light sensitivity, screwing up eyelids, more intense pain, vision ok
Intraocular involvement, vision much worse
3. POHx
‘Lost’ contact lens
Do they usually wear spectacles/contact lenses
4. PMHx; DHx, SHx<br>