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Vision still worse in scratched eye six months after injury?
I poked my eye on a branch badly about six months ago, and while my vision in that eye is still reasonably good within 10 feet, I can no longer see details at a distance clearly (such as projected slides in a powerpoint from the back of the room). Instead, they're blurry.
At the time, I went to my school's student care center, where the doctor who saw me said I didn't need to see an optometrist unless things got worse, or didn't get better, in a few days. Not noticing a problem at the time, I never went back.
Before this incident, I have always had very good distance vision in both eyes. And when I cover my bad eye, I can make out details much better than when I try with both open. I read on the computer and in hard copy all the time after seven years as a student, but I never noticed a problem until after the tree branch incident.
I have no pain in the eye. And I read that corneal abrasions are supposed to heal very quickly, in a few days or so. Could the damage I've seen still be related to the tree branch poke?
I agree that I scratched my cornea, but that doesn't always require treatment by an optometrist. I also agree that she should not have discouraged me from seeing an optometrist. But you know how it is with doctors, "buyer beware." I was lazy and I thought my eye was mostly improved after a few days. I only recently realized the distance problem.
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
After an injury to the cornea, an eye doctor can only help to prevent swelling, prevent an infection and check for an injury by putting dye on the cornea to check for a scratch.
The top layer of the cornea does heal very quickly, but the cornea has more then one layer. The inner layers of the cornea can be harder to heal and can develop a cornea scar which may not be visible to the human eye which is why an eye doctor uses dye to check the cornea.
I can't say if the injury is connected to your eye sight, but if you did develop a cornea scar, you may not have any symptoms other then a bit of blurriness.
If you did have a cornea scar, after 6 months it would be more likely to be permanent.
Source(s): Had cornea scaring most of my life. - Anonymous9 years ago
Why the hell would a doctor who has very little education in the vision field tell you not to go to an optometrist? Tell me did he use any tools to examine your eye other than his little light? Eyes are probably one of the most sensitive areas in the body and without proper tools or training to give an eye exam is almost impossible. Go to the optometrist you most likely scratched your cornea.