Corneal Abrasions

A corneal abrasion is a scratch on the eye's cornea. The cornea is the clear, protective covering over the iris, which is the colored part of the eye, and the pupil.

A corneal abrasion is a very aggravating injury. The cornea is very important to vision and protecting the eye.

Causes

•    Being poked in the eye, for instance by a fingernail, plant, or makeup brush

•    Dirt and other things getting caught under your eye lid

•    Chemicals getting in your eye

•    Aggressively rubbing your eye

•    Poor fitting or dirty contact lenses

•    Certain types of eye infections

Avoiding Abrasions

The best way to avoid an abrasion is to keep from rubbing your eyes when you get something in them. Rubbing your eye will only cause damage to your eye. The best way to get things out of you eye is to flush them out with eye wash, eye drops, clean water or a sterile solution.

Symptoms

Once you've had a corneal abrasion, you're not likely to forget the unrelenting pain and discomfort it can cause.

Feeling like you have sand or grit in your eye, eye pain, especially when opening or closing your eye, tearing and redness, sensitivity to light and

Blurred vision or loss of vision.

 In my game this past friday, I was going after a rebound and caught a hand to my right eye. When i got hit i lost complete vision in my eye. it was one of the worse feelings of my life. I couldn't see , so our team trainer felt it would be best for me to go to the emergency room immediately. After the eye specialist checked me out, she came to the conclusion that I had an corneal abrasion.