Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Question and Answer with an Opthamologist

Dr. S. Anandarajan

Q. What can you do to treat an eye injury immediately?

A. Never ignore an eye injury because it can be spotted with naked eye and should be seen by an eye care person.

Q. What are the most common eye injuries you can sustain from playing sports?

A. The common type of eye injuries are:
Abrasions in the cornea, and bleeding in the conjuncture.

Q. Why do you sometimes use cold compressions to treat an eye injury?

A. Cold compressions are used to stop or reduce outside bleeding.

Q. Why do you sometimes use hot compressions to treat an eye injury?

A. Hot compressions are normally used to reduce collection of blood in the injured area.

Q. Is it safe to play sports if you have an eye disease?

A. It is safer to avoid sports if you have an eye disease.

Q. If you get an eye injury from playing sports and you already have an eye disease can the injury cause blindness?

A. You do not get blindness in outside injuries, but you can get blindness in diseases of the inner eyeball.

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