Emergency eye treatment

Visit ophthalmologist at the Emergency Medicine Centre if you have:

• eye trauma

• an eye injury from corrosive substances

• an eye burn

• a sudden change in vision

• a sudden change in vision less than 1 month after eye surgery

Do not turn to the emergency department for an ophthalmologist's consultation if you have:

• conjunctivitis
• dryness, stinging and/or itching of the eyes
• inflammation of the eyelids (blepharitis)
• blockage of the eyelid sebaceous gland (hordeolum) or bacterial inflammation of the eyelash follicle (chalazion)
• Subconjunctival hemorrhage (broken blood vessel) in the eye

In those cases, please contact your family doctor for help.