Eye Emergencies

Providing Emergency Eye Care Services in North York, Toronto

At Dr. Marian Kim and Associates, 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 our North York, Toronto office at 416-222-1004 for further instructions. Use your best judgment. If you feel your vision issue is urgent, do not delay treatment - visit your nearest emergency treatment centre.

Red, Pink or Burning & Sore Eyes?

We are ready to look after ALL of your eye care needs at our convenient North York, Toronto office. In addition to the services you already rely on us for such as routine eye exams, contact lenses, designer frames and eyeglasses - think of your Optometrist first for:

• sore, red, or itchy eyes
• treatment of pink eye and other bacterial infections
• removal of foreign bodies from the eye (such as wood or metal)
• treatment of eye allergies or burns
• emergency eye care
• post-surgical follow-up

Eye Emergencies in North York, Toronto

At Dr. Marian Kim and Associates, we are always willing to help, should you ever experience an eye emergency. Our office provides emergency services for eye infections, eye injuries and other eye urgencies. State-of-the-art equipment allows us to examine the front surface of the eye and also digitally scan inside the eye for infection or damage. We accommodate many eye emergencies such as:

• Eye infections
• Foreign materials stuck in the eyes
• Eye trauma
• Scratched eyes
• Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes
• Lost or broken contact lenses or eyeglasses
• Flashes of light in the vision
• Floaters in the vision
• Red or painful eyes
• Dislodged contact lenses
• Uncomfortable, itchy, or irritated eyes

Studies have shown that an overwhelming number of emergency room visits could have been treated by an optometrist. These ranged from foreign bodies to severe eye allergies to eye infections. Optometrists are equipped to treat the majority of eye emergencies.

Symptoms that require emergency service include, but are not limited to:

• Sudden loss of vision
• Sudden double vision
• Sudden red/painful eye
• Pink Eye
• New onset flashes and/or floaters
• Foreign body in the eye (especially metal or chemicals)
• New or worsening swelling or pain after eye surgery

How Can An Eye Doctor Help?

Foreign Bodies

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 not removed, a foreign body can cause infection.

If there is a foreign body in your eye, your eye doctor may try and remove it. They will put anaesthetic eye drops in your eye first to numb it and prevent any pain. If the foreign body is easy to get to, it may be possible to remove it by rinsing your eye with water, or by wiping it away with a cotton wool bud. However, if this is unsuccessful, your eye doctor may try and remove the foreign body by lifting it out with the tip of a small metal instrument.

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 (such as tweezers) on the eye.
• DO NOT attempt to remove an embedded object.

DO call our office in North York, Toronto at 416-222-1004 for further instructions! We are here for you!