Babies and Parents

The children play wildly with various objects, run without seeing where they go, fight and throw things exposing the eyes to impact and injury is important to respond in time.

Eye trauma in childhood are caused by various causes. The children play with objects that can be buried in the eye accidentally themselves or their playmate by their own clumsiness of the psychomotor development; splashed his face with sand, soil, food or juice powder, balls are sometimes directly impact the eyeball.

When learning to walk tend to stick with the tip of a piece of furniture and is always the possibility of pouring liquid on his face, which by its chemical composition can cause burns to the eyes (cologne, perfumes, detergents, chlorine, etc.).

Since the eyes are an important and delicate organ, the first aid is very accurate and always require a final evaluation of a specialist: an eye doctor should examine the child to determine what type of complementary treatment is required. Depending on the type of injury distinguish four groups:

1 – Bruises
2 – Wound
3 – Foreign bodies
4 – Burns

Credit to: Barreda Dr.Pedro