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Foreign BodiesDefinition: Metallic, or organic material under the upper or lower lid
Signs/Symptoms:
Causes: metallic material blown in the eye from drilling, or grinding metal. Patient generally not wearing safety glasses at time of injury. Differential diagnosis: trauma,
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If simple foreign body of the cornea then healing should occur within 24-48 hours with conservative therapy. If an intraocular foreign body is present the prognosis becomes graver from time of injury to time of treatment. Intraocular foreign bodies need to be transported to a facility where there is a retinal specialist This section provided by CAPT Robert B. North, Jr., MC, USN
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