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Eye Injury

	Call Your Doctor NOW (night or day) IF your child has any ONE of the following: You think your child has a serious injury. Vision is blurred or lost in either eye. Child reports double vision or unable to look upward. Pupils unequal in size or abnormal shape. Bloody or cloudy fluid behind the cornea (clear part). Object hit the eye at high speed (such as from a lawn mower). Sharp object hit the eye (such as metallic chip). Skin is split open or gaping and may need stitches. Any cut on the eyelid or eyeball. Constant tearing or blinking. Child keeps the eye covered or refuses to open it. Severe pain. Age under 1 year old. Action: If you are unable to reach your doctor - go to a nearby KidsCare clinic or to a local hospital Emergency Department. Use our Facility Search to find an urgent care clinic near you.
	Call Your Doctor WITHIN 24 HOURS (during regular daytime office hours) IF: You think your child needs to be seen. Bruises near the eye (such as a black eye or bleeding into the white of the eyeball) in child less than 5 years old.
	Call Your Doctor DURING WEEKDAY OFFICE HOURS IF: You have other questions or concerns.
	Provide Care at Home to children for: Mild eye injury and you don't think your child needs to be seen.