Help! I rubbed my eye and it started hurting and it looks like there is literally a bubble in it!?

Question

The bubble is clear. Its painful and very strange.

Answer 1

when it comes to your eyes, always see a doctor asap.  you never want to risk losing your vision.

Answer 2

Most likely a bacterial infection i.e. pinkeye.

If the bubble just appeared today, be prepared to wake up with your eye sealed shut with eye boogers tomorrow morning.  You'll be able to 'unseal' it with warm water.

Just get some medicated eye wash from the pharmacy, and flush your eye tomorrow.  It will go away, but don't touch it with dirty hands under any circumstance!  Wash your hands very well before you touch your eyes, anytime.

Answer 3

My husband has done that before you had something on your hand even if you could not see it go to the hospital it is a allegic reaction to the skin on the eye its self they will give you some drops and it will go away

Answer 4

Hi,

Its more than likely that this is an allergic reaction to something on your hands as you rubbed your eye. I had a symptoms very similar to that which you described last year. I had inadvertently rubbed a small strand of fibre glass into my eye after being in my loft. My eye went very red and painful, and I developed a bubble on the surface of my eyeball which got so big I couldn't close my eye properly. I called the NHS Direct helpline and they advised me that it was probably an allergic reaction, possibly hay-fever and to go to the hospital to check it out. At the hospital they removed the debris and gave me a couple of eye drops, after a short while the bubble was completely gone and I have had no side effects since.

Answer 5

back a few months ago i got the same thing, but i ended up it was an alergic reaction from eyeliner, get some eyedrops from an eye doctor and try ur best not 2 rub it because it can pop and if it does they have 2 do this weird thing where they clean ur eye out...or you could have an std (yes they can geton your eyes, anywhere where it is warm and moist)