I feel pretty stupid, but....

Question

Yesterday I had the weed trimmer out and kicked up a small rock that hit me right in the eye. I hit the white part of my eye and, of course, it hurt and it's still red. My dumb question is, is there reason to be checked out at least from my eye doctor, or am I being paranoid and it'll just heal on its own? Has anyone else done this to themselves?

Answer 1

I would definitely go to your doctor and have them take a look.  Besides it just looking red, you could have internal damages that only the doctor could see using their instrumentation.  Internal damage could eventually cause increased pressure within the eye and can become very very painful, so it might be a good idea to nip this one in the butt and call the optometrist right away.

Answer 2

go to the doctor.you need to make sure nothing to bad is wrong with ur eye. stop kicking rocks or just be careful when u kick them

Answer 3

First of all, There is no such thing as a dumb question.

And yes definitely go to a doctor!

You could have scratched your eye!

And then may get an infection which could become very dangerous!

And could even become conjunctivitis!!

Which could be damaging to your eye and having to use alot of drops which is very costly!!!

NO harm in going to the doctor to make sure everything is alright!!!

Answer 4

go see your doctor

you can't be too careful

and it wasn't a dumb question :)

Answer 5

You could have retinal damage, perforated eye or iritis from such an injury.  See a doctor.

In future, wear safety glasses when doing yard work.  At the right speed and angle, a small stone could cause permanent blindness.

Answer 6

It'll be much safer if you went to check at your eye doctor. Eyes are very precious to us. Check to be safe.