I was playing basketball around 2:00 PM yesterday afternoon when I got hit in the eye with a basketball. Not the eye socket, but really the eye. It knocked my contact out of my eye and when I locked at the contact, there was a little split in the middle of it (presumably from the contact, but it might've been from when my friend picked it up for me).
When I got hit, it throbbed for a couple minutes but then the pain pretty much went away. However, the pupil of the eye that got hit was -- and is -- noticeably more contracted. It's also very light-sensitive.
Whenever I try to move my eye, it's painful. It was very bright outside today and it hurt so bad to move my eye that I had to stay in the house.
Any suggestions, ideas, recommendations, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Went to see the doctor, said my eye was directly struck (which I knew) and said that the blood vessels were very sensitive and there was some inflammation. He told me I couldn't do anything stressful, gave me some steroid-based eye drops, and told me to go back and see him on Monday.
When I got hit, it throbbed for a couple minutes but then the pain pretty much went away. However, the pupil of the eye that got hit was -- and is -- noticeably more contracted. It's also very light-sensitive.
Whenever I try to move my eye, it's painful. It was very bright outside today and it hurt so bad to move my eye that I had to stay in the house.
Any suggestions, ideas, recommendations, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
Update: Went to see the doctor, said my eye was directly struck (which I knew) and said that the blood vessels were very sensitive and there was some inflammation. He told me I couldn't do anything stressful, gave me some steroid-based eye drops, and told me to go back and see him on Monday.
<--you if you don't go to the doctor. 
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