OCULAR EMERGENCIES

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The following are considered ocular emergencies and require and urgent visit within 24-48 hours.

Please call our office should you experience:

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• Chemicals splashed into the eye within the last hour

• Sudden loss or decrease in vision, or the appearance of a cloudy veil in front of the eye

• Foreign body in the eye, ocular injury or forceful trauma to the eye or surrounding area

• Sudden onset of persistent, severe pain in or around the eye or with movement of the ye

• Sudden onset of flashing lights and/or floaters

• Sudden onset of double vision (seeing two objects instead of one, not blur)

• Sudden onset of drooping eyelid

• Sudden onset of a red eye

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Not sure if you are experiencing an emergency?

Call our office to discuss your symptoms at 519-733-7644 or

email us at kingsvilleoptometry@gmail.com