Foreign Body

A foreign body is an unwanted object in your eye, such as a speck of dust, a wood chip, a metal shaving, an insect or a piece of glass. The common places to find a foreign body are under the eyelid or on the surface of your eye. Foreign bodies might be superficial, or in more serious injuries, they may penetrate the eye. Fortunately, the cornea has such an incredible reflex tearing system that most superficial foreign bodies are naturally flushed out with our natural tears, but if the object is more deeply embedded, medical attention from an ophthalmologist s required.

• Bleeding into the white of the eye (subconjunctival haemorrhage)
• A sharp pain in your eye followed by burning and irritation
• Blurred vision or loss of vision in the affected eye
• A feeling like there’s something in your eye
• Scratchy feeling when blinking
• Sensitivity to bright lights
• Watery and red eye