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I was bending over and jammed myself in the eye with a nearby palm frond last night. Ouch! I can see the scratch on my cornea (and can still see thank goodness). It still hurts today and I'm thinking I'd better go in to the dr. Anyone have experience with a scratched cornea? Do they give you anything for the pain and irritation?

My son had a very mild scratch and they gave him antibiotic drops to keep it clean and lubricated.

OUCH!!!! Hope it heals up quickly!

When I was pregnant with Maddie, I had really bad hyperemesis gravidarum and threw up all of the time.

At one particularly nasty session, the vomit bounced off the toilet and hit me in the eye. I ended up getting a corneal abrasion. It was so bad that you could see it with the naked eye.

My doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital, but since Jeff was in Med School at the time, they let him take care of me. I was prescribed two different drops and each had to be put in my eye every four hours. It wasn't the same four hours either, one would go in, then the other would go in two hours later.

You should go to an opthalmologist.

We have a resident eye MD here (I won't try to spell the real word)..maybe he'll show up. (Tanstaafl2). You may need some antibiotic drops, but I'm not sure.

Be careful!

Thanks for the replies. I knew someone here would know something. I'm thinking mine is more than mild because I can see it. PSM, was it like a gouge?
I'm waiting for my dr. to call me back with a referral, which I need for my insurance to cover it.

Odyssey wrote:Thanks for the replies. I knew someone here would know something. I'm thinking mine is more than mild because I can see it. PSM, was it like a gouge?
I'm waiting for my dr. to call me back with a referral, which I need for my insurance to cover it.

Mine looked whitish-grey and was probably considered more of a burn than a gouge (because of the acids in vomit.)

The corneal abrasion disappeared to the naked eye about six months after I got it. It took about five or six years for my optometrist to stop being able to see it when he looked into my eyes.

PSM, that is one of the worst eye stories I've ever heard! You got the grossness factor in as well as the horrible injury!

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:The corneal abrasion disappeared to the naked eye about six months after I got it. It took about five or six years for my optometrist to stop being able to see it when he looked into my eyes.

Did it effect your vision?

Odyssey wrote:PSM, that is one of the worst eye stories I've ever heard! You got the grossness factor in as well as the horrible injury!

Well I got a great kid out of it, so the abrasion was worth it.

I got hyperemesis gravidarum with Emma as well, but had learned to tightly cover my eyes when I vomited.

I had the most horrible pregnancies, but the deliveries were all really easy, so I guess I was lucky.

Emma has always wanted a little brother, but I don't know if I could have gone through a third pregnancy.

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:When I was pregnant with Maddie, I had really bad hyperemesis gravidarum and threw up all of the time.

At one particularly nasty session, the vomit bounced off the toilet and hit me in the eye. I ended up getting a corneal abrasion. It was so bad that you could see it with the naked eye.

My doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital, but since Jeff was in Med School at the time, they let him take care of me. I was prescribed two different drops and each had to be put in my eye every four hours. It wasn't the same four hours either, one would go in, then the other would go in two hours later.

You should go to an opthalmologist.

This is nice breakfast talk? Excuse me for a minute...

Upset Stomach wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:When I was pregnant with Maddie, I had really bad hyperemesis gravidarum and threw up all of the time.

At one particularly nasty session, the vomit bounced off the toilet and hit me in the eye. I ended up getting a corneal abrasion. It was so bad that you could see it with the naked eye.

My doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital, but since Jeff was in Med School at the time, they let him take care of me. I was prescribed two different drops and each had to be put in my eye every four hours. It wasn't the same four hours either, one would go in, then the other would go in two hours later.

You should go to an opthalmologist.

This is nice breakfast talk? Excuse me for a minute...

Sorry.

I was very squeamish before I had kids but after injuring myself with my own vomit, getting pooped on, vomited on, and peed on by babies, my ability to tolerate grossness has increased substantially.

Upset Stomach wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:When I was pregnant with Maddie, I had really bad hyperemesis gravidarum and threw up all of the time.

At one particularly nasty session, the vomit bounced off the toilet and hit me in the eye. I ended up getting a corneal abrasion. It was so bad that you could see it with the naked eye.

My doctor wanted to admit me to the hospital, but since Jeff was in Med School at the time, they let him take care of me. I was prescribed two different drops and each had to be put in my eye every four hours. It wasn't the same four hours either, one would go in, then the other would go in two hours later.

You should go to an opthalmologist.

This is nice breakfast talk? Excuse me for a minute...

Sorry, I was here first!

Give me another hour or two....

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: You should go to an opthalmologist.

What she said.

Don't fool around with your vision.

The cornea has the most nerve ending per square inch of any place on the body. If you have a deep abrasion, you KNOW it. A deep abrasion would have you tearing and not able to open your eye.

That said, you should get it looked at. Infection can set in no matter how deep the abrasion is.

peacock2121 wrote:The cornea has the most nerve ending per square inch of any place on the body. If you have a deep abrasion, you KNOW it. A deep abrasion would have you tearing and not able to open your eye.

That said, you should get it looked at. Infection can set in no matter how deep the abrasion is.

I think I'd rate it moderate--feels like a few grains of sand stuck in my eye. Maybe it just hurts because of all those nerve endings. I'm going, though, I'm going!

Odyssey wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:The cornea has the most nerve ending per square inch of any place on the body. If you have a deep abrasion, you KNOW it. A deep abrasion would have you tearing and not able to open your eye.

That said, you should get it looked at. Infection can set in no matter how deep the abrasion is.

I think I'd rate it moderate--feels like a few grains of sand stuck in my eye. Maybe it just hurts because of all those nerve endings. I'm going, though, I'm going!

Hopefully your insurance company will let you go to a specialist soon.

I've got an appt. for 2:10. I'll let you know how it goes.

I've had three mild scratches of my cornea, all of which I woke up with.

They do nothing for those except an eye patch, which allows your eye to close and it can get on with healing.

When I was pregnant with Maddie, I had really bad hyperemesis gravidarum and threw up all of the time.

I had hyperemesis with my daughter too. I can't imagine having an eye issue along with everything else.

Did you get any medication? At the time the doctors said only compazine (not by mouth) and reglin were the only drugs available. I had to get a pic line for nutrition and fluids.

I was also told that usually the children born form mothers with HG usually are very intelligent. I see you prove that theory

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Emma has always wanted a little brother, but I don't know if I could have gone through a third pregnancy.

There are other options.

Should I send Emma some links to help convince you?

Appa23 wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Emma has always wanted a little brother, but I don't know if I could have gone through a third pregnancy.

There are other options.

Should I send Emma some links to help convince you?

Or Jack could just teach Emma that prayer of his.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Appa23 wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Emma has always wanted a little brother, but I don't know if I could have gone through a third pregnancy.

There are other options.

Should I send Emma some links to help convince you?

Or Jack could just teach Emma that prayer of his.

Well, PSM said that she did not want to be pregnant again, and I am sure that Emma would not want to inflict physical harm on her mother.

It is all a matter of belief.

Now, if Emma wants him to teach her another prayer to help in that regard . . .

Odyssey wrote:I was bending over and jammed myself in the eye with a nearby palm frond last night. Ouch! I can see the scratch on my cornea (and can still see thank goodness). It still hurts today and I'm thinking I'd better go in to the dr. Anyone have experience with a scratched cornea? Do they give you anything for the pain and irritation?

Scratches resulting from a plant source tend to have a slightly increased risk for the potential of having a nasty bug associated with them. I would suggest that you get the eye evaluated to see if the epithelium (the surface) of the cornea was damaged and if a topical antibiotic or perhaps even a patch or bandage contact lens is indicated.

Thank you, Tanstaafl2, for chiming in with your expertise. I am just back from the dr. and the good news is, the jab did not go through. Bad news, yes it did break the surface. I was sent away with antibiotic drops and an appointment on Mon. He wants to check for a fungal infection then, because it was a plant source, as you mentioned.

I'm just going to hurt for a couple days and hopefully that will be the end of it. Dr. said he had someone that stabbed themselves in the eye with an aloe and it went through the eye, requiring surgery. He also said someone got stabbed with a pen and it went through, but it took that person 15 days to come in--they didn't realize it had gone through!

I'm re-evaluating my spiky houseplants.