Providing Emergency Eye Care Services in Bridgeport, Ohio
We provide emergency eye care for conditions requiring immediate attention. As an emergency eye clinic and eye emergency clinic, our emergency eye doctor evaluates eye injuries and sudden vision problems without delay. Prompt eye emergency care in Bridgeport, OH helps reduce the risk of vision loss. We understand ocular emergencies can occur at any time.
Please call our Bridgeport office at 740-224-5596 for instructions. Use your best judgment. If symptoms feel urgent, do not delay treatment and visit the nearest emergency eye care center immediately.
Eye Safety – Safety Eyewear – Eye Injury Prevention
This short video stresses the importance of knowing the hazards at home and the workplace regarding your eyes. In this video, we review a few actual incidents where people lost part or all of their vision, along with one whose vision was saved by safety eyewear.
Symptoms that require emergency service include, but are not limited to:
- Sudden loss of vision
- Sudden double vision
- Sudden red/painful eye
- Pink Eye
- New onset flashes and/or floaters
- Foreign body in the eye (especially metal or chemicals)
- New or worsening swelling or pain after eye surgery
Things NOT to do while waiting for professional medical assistance:
- DO NOT press on an injured eye or allow the victim to rub the eye(s).
- DO NOT attempt to remove a foreign body that is resting on the cornea (the clear surface of the eye through which we see) or that appears to be embedded in any part of the eye.
- DO NOT use dry cotton (including cotton swabs) or sharp instruments (such as tweezers) on the eye.
- DO NOT attempt to remove an embedded object.
DO call our office in Bridgeport at 740-224-5596 for further instructions! We are here for you!