SHOULD I SEEK EMERGENCY EYECARE NOW?

Patients with sudden painless vision loss often confuse urgent eye issues with far more common conditions that are not emergencies. Timely treatment results in far better outcomes and preservation of sight.

 
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This list of common eye emergencies and urgent symptoms is provided to help patients identify whether their condition warrants urgent care.

  • Sudden (often painless) vision loss
  • Pain in or around the eye
  • Redness along with eye pain or light sensitivity
  • New floaters (such as spots, strings or cobwebs in your field of vision)
  • A bulging eye or swelling of eye tissue
  • Flashes or streaks of light
  • Double vision
  • A sudden crossed, turned or "wandering" eye
  • Eye discharge, crusting of the eye or excessive tearing
  • Eyelids sticking together
  • Sudden and persistent vision blurring
  • Loss of peripheral vision (vision loss to one side of your eye)
 

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