Emergency Eye Care Services

Name: Brain Vision Institute
Address: 2 Executive Ct, Suite 3, South Barrington, IL, 60010, US
Telephone: 847-891-8003
Price range: $000 - $300

Providing Emergency Eye Care Services in South Barrington

caucasian family pyramid 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 South Barrington office at 847-891-8003 for further instructions. Use your best judgment. If you feel your vision issue is urgent, do not delay treatment - visit your nearest emergency treatment center.

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Eye Safety – Safety Eyewear – Eye Injury Prevention

This short video stresses the importance of knowing the hazards at home and the workplace regarding your eyes. In this video, we review a few actual incidents where people lost part or all of their vision, along with one whose vision was saved by safety eyewear.

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

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 that is resting on the cornea (the clear surface of the eye through which we see) or that appears to be 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 South Barrington at 847-891-8003 for further instructions! We are here for you!