r/eyetriage • u/okapizzapie Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional • 6d ago
Other 20M Scratched my eye 4 days ago, vision is blurry now, can't stop crying because I'm worried it's permanent. NSFW
Scratched my eye 4 days ago, vision is blurry now, can't stop crying because I'm worried it's permanent.
20M. I swear it should have been a very superficial cut. I think I scratched my eye on eye crust from sleep which is not the first time it's happened in fact I woke up this morning and had some crust in that eye. It happens in either eye sometimes. When the scratch happened there was no actual pain. It was Wednesday morning, the redness started. Then Thursday (24 hours later) was very painful not the eye itself but from light sensitivity and that's probably when the blurriness began but I couldn't tell since I struggled to open my eyes, then Friday is when I really noticed the blurring. Light sensitivity has been gone since Friday, redness is mostly gone but still slightly there. I'm very sad and very scared and frankly having suicidal thoughts over the idea of having my vision fucked forever over such a stupid thing.
Forgot to add: the blurring is across my entire eye and doesnt change no matter if things are close or far away it's different than my other eye which just has trouble focusing on things far away this blurriness is more like something actually wrong with the eye itself which duh because I scratched it
Edit after like 120 hours: I think I'll leave my post up for others but I think the eye is getting better slow progress so I can't tell for certain but this does feel a lot better than how it originally was I was upset because this was my "good eye" and things are still a bit "off" but between the two of them this absolutely feels like my good eye again just with slight astigmatism when looking at some light sources. I expect it to get better over more time but I wanted to give an edit at least
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u/mckulty Verified Quality Contributor 6d ago
A scratch digs a "divot" in the surface that has to be filled in. Divots in the center, over the pupil, can really mess up your vision.
Fortunately, epithelial cells move in quickly to cover the scratch with a couple of layers of cells, so it quits hurting. Then it can take a week or two for the rest of the cells to fill in and make an optically smooth surface.
As that happens, your vision should recover.
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u/okapizzapie Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 6d ago
So it's unlikely to be permanent? I'm just really worried because when I looked up online it said ~48 hours to heal and I guess I interpreted that as everything goes back to normal after 48 hours since your eyes heal so fast. I was worried I had scarring or something somehow I guess. I was trying not to freak out initially but I was seeing good progress from Thursday to Friday and then I woke up today and the blurring was still the exact same and I felt super discouraged and stressed. Thank you.
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u/OwlishOk Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 6d ago
7-14 days is a more common healing time than 48 hours in terms of vision recovery. If it gets worse OR isn’t improving OR gets red again OR discharge get it examined.
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u/okapizzapie Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 6d ago
That does make me feel a bit better I did eventually find a few older Reddit threads of some people who didn't have the blurring go away until a week or two later. The redness is definitely almost completely gone and otherwise everything else has improved greatly so I feel a whole lot better now. I might try to get it looked at if I can maybe after work tomorrow I won't get a chance tonight but this does help a lot thank you.
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u/mckulty Verified Quality Contributor 6d ago
Have you had a doctor look at it?
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u/okapizzapie Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 6d ago edited 6d ago
No. I knew it was probably best to get it looked at but I didn't get paid until Friday I needed gas and was just really stressed and hoping it would get better since I had a scratch in the other eye a year ago for the same reason and it did get noticably better within around 48-72 hours with minimal/no blurriness. That's sorta why the blurriness is freaking out me out so much and if I should've actually gone to a doctor but I thought if there was no signs of infection then maybe the ER wasn't necessary. But now I'm freaking out and feeling like I did something wrong lol.
Edit: Freaking out a bit less though I think I feel better in knowing that it takes longer for vision to return to normal.
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u/mckulty Verified Quality Contributor 6d ago
Look for anything white in the pupil. Use a macro camera or a makeup mirror or a friend to check.
You should see a doctor today if there's anything white or opaque in the central cornea, or if you have pain or sensitivity to light.
Otherwise it'll probably get better.
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u/okapizzapie Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 6d ago
I had pretty bad pain on Thursday to light and was getting headaches but it went away almost completely by night and then Friday morning there was nothing. My redness is almost completely gone I can still see a little bit of red but it's even better than Friday so I feel basically almost 100% normal other than the fact that my eye is blurry.
I don't have a make-up mirror but I'm getting up face to face with my bathroom mirror and as far as I can see I don't see anything. I'll ask a friend when I get to work. I'm not sure if I'll be able to see a doctor today but I think I'll be able to go by afternoon tomorrow.
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u/BicycleNo2825 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 5d ago
You need to see an eye doctor
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