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Foreign object in the eye
A condition in which an object such as metal, glass, wood, plastic, or sand is embedded in the eye.
Dr. Geoffreysss Rutledgeee reviewed this
41 years experience
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How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Toddler 3-5 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common | ||||
Senior 60+ | Very common |
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A 43-year old asked:
What is the best way to get rid of foreign objects in your eye?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is the best way to clean out foreign objects in your eyes?
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A 36-year old male asked:
A foreign particle entered my eye. been about 6 hours but feels like da objects stil under my eyelid. Flashed many times wit eyedrops. What sud i do?
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A female asked:
Is it an infection or is it a foreign object? My mother has had a pain in here eye since last night. She says that is was red, and felt/feels like there was/is something in there. But after countless times of flushing it out with water, there seems to be
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A 47-year old asked:
Why my eyes cannot focus on objects?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What should be the ideal distance between a reading object (eg. Book) and your eye?
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A 29-year old asked:
Something flew into my eye and I can't see it nor get it out. How can I remove the object.?
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A 24-year old male asked:
How to improve eye sight? Like what should I eat or do excerise of eye so that I can able to see far object clearly. My eye power is -1.25 in both eye
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A 43-year old asked:
My eyes go watery when I try to focus on objects close up. Is this normal?
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A 44-year old asked:
There's something foreign in my eyes and I can't get it out. It's hurting like crazy! What can I do?
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A 33-year old male asked:
For 24 hours now, it seems as if my eyes are refusing to work together. If i have both of them open, they refuse to focus on the same object. ?
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A 38-year old asked:
I have a foreign body in my eye? What can I do?
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A 34-year old asked:
Why do my eyes go blurry and i am stuck staring or fixated on an object?
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A 45-year old asked:
Explain how eye can accommodate for viewing very close and distant objects?
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A 24-year old male asked:
My eye has been hit by a sharp object its scissor in the white part of my eye what could possibly happen?
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A 25-year old asked:
the left half of my eye is bloodshot. no itch. no puss. hurts only when i look at/ focus on a close by object?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I got a foreign particle in my eye and I couldn't take it out. I believe it went to the back of the eye ball. I don't feel it but will it affect me?
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A member asked:
I am a type 1 diabetic of 37 years and today I developed a black v shaped object in the lowerleft eye. It does not hurt and does not effect my vision ?
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A 40-year old asked:
What happens when a foreign body gets in the eye?
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A 41-year old male asked:
Eye vision problem of seeing flying objects probably protein. Any cure.
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A 72-year old female asked:
I cannot see an object with my central vision. Is my central vision gone for good? I have had two vitrectomies on the same eye.
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A 23-year old male asked:
My eye sight is very weak. i can't see far objects without my glasses. how can i cure my eyes so that i can see far objects clearly ?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Hello. I am having squint in both eyes. It is noticeable when I see moving objects. Can it be cured without operation? Please advice.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Is snapping of the fingers, focusing on objects with eyes, following simple motor commands, and agitation part of a minimally conscious state?
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A 27-year old male asked:
what does it mean when corrective lense power gets increased every year during eye check up?have difficulty seeing dist objects.can I stop this?
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A 27-year old male asked:
13 yr grl need glasses to see distant objects clearly. every year eye check up shows reduction in vision n increased lens power.any way to stop this?
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A 34-year old asked:
What object causes the most eye injuries every year?
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A 29-year old male asked:
Eye will turn red on the outside/focusing on objects hurts the closer it gets. Both eyes do it,but only 1 @ a time. Lasts 4-7 days.
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A 23-year old female asked:
Vision slightly jittery. Began after spending 2 much time on laptop. Eyes not moving but vision is. Distant objects seem to slightly vibrate. Why?
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A 43-year old asked:
When I watch TV or look at a busy object my eyes start to feel like a kaleidescope and I get dizzy. I have positional vertigo but could this be it?
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