Emergency Eye Care Services in Monsey, NY
We offer emergency services that require immediate and urgent eye care. If your eye is injured, don't try to judge the severity of it. Immediately seek the opinion of an eye doctor to lessen the risk of hurting your vision. We understand ocular emergencies can arise at any time.
Please call Wesley Eye Care at (845) 362-2020 for further instructions. Use your best judgment on urgency, if you feel your need to find the nearest emergency room.
Symptoms Requiring Emergency Eye Care
Symptoms that require emergency service include, but are not limited to:
- Eye infections
- Foreign materials stuck in the eyes
- Eye trauma or scratched eyes
- Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes
- Lost or broken contact lenses or eyeglasses
- Flashes of light or floaters in the vision
- Red or painful eyes
- Dislodged contact lenses
- Uncomfortable, itchy, or irritated eyes
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 resting on the cornea or embedded in any part of the eye.
- DO NOT use dry cotton (including cotton swabs) or sharp instruments on the eye.
- DO NOT attempt to remove an embedded object.
DO call our office in Monsey at (845) 362-2020 for further instructions!
Foreign Body Removal
A foreign body is something such as an eyelash, sawdust, sand, or dirt that gets into the eyes. The main symptom is irritation or pain. If anything is stuck in your eye for more than a period of a couple of hours, you must immediately cease all attempts to remove it yourself and visit an eye doctor. Studies have shown that an overwhelming number of emergency room visits could have been treated by an optometrist. Optometrists are equipped to treat the majority of eye emergencies.