Even a minor eye injury can cause serious, lifelong eye damage. For example, bleeding within the eye, caused by an eye injury, can cause glaucoma later in life. Eye injuries can cause loss of vision, or complete loss of an eye. Listed below is information about first aid treatment in the event of an eye injury.
If the individual has a red eye, complains of eye pain, will not open the lids, the eyeball looks different from the other eye or the individual has blurry vision, then seek immediate medical attention if pain continues.