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Eye injuries can range from the very minor discomforts to the catastrophic, which can result in permanent loss of vision.
Follow the links below to find information about eye injuries.
Reviewed January 2009
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Eye injuries - foreign body in the eye
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Better Health Channel
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A foreign body is an object in your eye that shouldn't be there, such as a wood chip, metal shaving, insect or piece of glass. Don't try to remove it yourself. Seek urgent medical attention. Symptoms include pain, burning, irritation, a scratchy feeling, blurred vision, loss of vision, sensitivity to bright lights and bleeding into the white of the eye.
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Jul 2009
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Eye injuries - flash burns
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Better Health Channel
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Flash burns are like sunburn in the eye and are also called welder's flash or arc eye. A flash burn occurs when you are exposed to bright ultraviolet (UV) light. Sources of UV light include a welding torch, direct sunlight, reflection of the sun off water or snow, a sunlamp and other lamps including halogen lamps. Treatment may include dilating drops, dressing and antibiotics. Flash burns may cause infection which can lead to vision loss.
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Jul 2009
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Eyes - protecting your eyes
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Eyes are very important to us so we have to be careful to look after them. They show us our world and they show others how we are feeling.
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Jun 2009
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Problems with eyesight - blindness
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Sometimes people have problems with their eyesight. They may have been born with this problem or they may have a disease, or they may have lost vision because of an accident.
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Jun 2009
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Eye problems
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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Eye problems are characterised by pain, itching, redness, and/or discharge from one or both eyes. In children, such symptoms are most commonly the result of infection or local irritation.
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Mar 2009
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Novelty contact lenses
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Contact lenses can be used to correct vision, like a pair of glasses. Novelty contact lenses don't change your vision, but can change the appearance of your eyes.
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Mar 2009
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Eye-related injuries in Australia
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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This report presents eye injuries from the perspectives of hospitalisations, general practice consultations, emergency department attendances, workers' compensation claims, and also as reported in national surveys.
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Feb 2009
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Sun protection in the snow
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Better Health Channel
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Snow activities such as skiing and snowboarding pose a risk of sunburn because ultraviolet (UV) radiation is more severe in alpine regions than at sea level and is reflected by snow. Wear a balaclava or beanie and use sunglasses and broad spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen. 'Snow blindness' (photokeratitis) is sunburn damage to the cornea of the eye caused by UV radiation.
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Sep 2008
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Novelty contact lenses
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Contact lenses can be used to correct vision, like a pair of glasses. Novelty contact lenses don't change your vision, but can change the appearance of your eyes.
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Sep 2008
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Educational interventions for the prevention of eye injuries
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Eye injuries are a preventable cause of blindness, yet remain a significant disabling health problem that affects all age groups. Despite health and safety requirements and widespread legislation, injuries can still occur at home, in the workplace, duri...
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Aug 2008
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| Title: |
Novelty contact lenses
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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| Description: |
Contact lenses can be used to correct vision, like a pair of glasses. Novelty contact lenses don't change your vision, but can change the appearance of your eyes.
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Apr 2008
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Steroids for traumatic optic neuropathy
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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The optic nerve transmits visual information from the eye to the brain and traumatic optic neuropathy (TON) refers to any injury to the optic nerve secondary to trauma. After the optic nerve has been injured, it becomes more swollen and this can lead to...
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Mar 2007
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Suspected orbital pathology
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Department of Health Western Australia
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Diagnostic imaging algorithm for traumatic and non-traumatic orbital pathology.
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Feb 2005
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