When playing basketball and poking the eye accidentally, patients can be treated by general measures, medication and surgery, and the specific treatment is related to the patient’s condition.
1. General measures: If playing basketball accidentally poked the eye just cause redness, swelling and pain to the skin of the eye, usually, within 48 hours of the injury, you can take local cold compresses on the eye, so that the local vascular constriction, to achieve the effect of reducing swelling and pain relief. 48 hours after the injury, the feasibility of local hot compresses, improve local blood circulation, promote the absorption of blood.
2. Drug treatment: if the patient has corneal epithelial injury, the patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to use recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor eye drops and other drugs to promote the repair of damage. Patients can also use erythromycin ophthalmic ointment, levofloxacin eye drops and other antibiotic drugs as prescribed by the doctor to prevent infection.
3. Surgery: If the patient’s eye skin is cracked, the wound can be sutured through surgery. If the patient has vitreous hemorrhage, vitrectomy is feasible to improve vision.
It is recommended that patients with ocular trauma consult a doctor in time to assess their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.