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Eye Injury

Does this describe your symptom?

 
  • Injuries to the eye, eyelid, and area around the eye.
  • The main concern is whether the vision is damaged.
  • Older children can tell us if their vision is blurred or out of focus. Test them at home by covering each eye in turn and having them look at a distant object.
  • Children less than 5 years old usually need to be examined to rule out serious injuries affecting vision, even if the injury is minor.

If not, see these other symptoms

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  2. Care at Home

Parent Care for Pediatric Symptoms. Copyright © 2000-2008. Barton D. Schmitt, MD
Reviewed/Modified: Sept 2008 by Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.


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