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Accidents - Contact lenses - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 604
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2006:105
Year 2007:390
Year 2008:108
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:529Face:59
Head:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Contact lenses, Christmas decorations
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT WENT INTO HIS EYE WHILE HE WAS WEARING CONTACT LENSES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Other ball sports
EYE IRRITATION-WEARING CONTACTS-HIT IN EYE W/A HARD PLASTIC BALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Basketball
PT WAS POKED IN R EYE WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL 4 DAYS PRIOR. KNOCKED OU T CONTACT LENS. PT PUT LENS BACK IN EYE. NOW HAS EYE IRRIT. DX CORN ULC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Contact lenses, Beds or bedframes
WORE CONTACT LENS TO BED, EYE HURTING DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2007Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Contact lenses, Eye protection devices
CORNEAL AB-WEARING CONTACTS W/ SAFETY GOGGLES WHILE SAWING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2007Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Balloons
EYE IRRITATION;LEFT BEFORE EXAM/22YOF PUT CONTACTS IN LAST NIGHT.WENT TO ***, TOUCHED LATEX BALLOONS.RUBBED EYES.EYES BURNING/ITCHING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 08/23/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Contact lenses, Golf
L CORNEAL ABRASION; GOLFING YESTERDAY,L EYE STARTED BOTHERING, WHEN GOT HOME FOUND THAT LEFT CONTACT WAS SPLIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Televisions
CONTACT ON, WATCHING TV, SUDDENLY BLACKNESS IN THE VISION THAT STARTED GETTING LARGER, FOLLOWED BY H/A "VISION CHANGE/HA''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2007Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
DROPPED CONTACT INTO CIGARETTEE ASH, PUT BACK IN EYE AFTER CLEANSING IT , CAN'T GET CONTACT OUT/ RT IRRITATION 2ND TO CONTACT LENS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2007Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Contact lenses, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
24 YO F CORNEAL ABRASION PT WEARS CONTACTS VISION BECAME BLURRY WHILE PT WAS WASING CABINETS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2007Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Contact lenses, Basketball
PT ELBOWED IN EYE WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL. WAS WEARING CONTACT LENSES. LENS STUCK IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY, EYE, ORBIT CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2006Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Beds or bedframes
WENT TO BED C CONTECT LENSES IN, AWOKE C RED EYE EYE IRRITATION "
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2006Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, Chemicals
PT W/ REDNESS/SWELLING AROUND EYES. WEARS DISPOSABLE DAILY CONTACT LEN SES. STARTED NEW CHEM MICROBIOLOGY LAB ON FRI.D:ALLERGIC RXN, URTICARIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2006Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Contact lenses, General purpose household cleaners
EYE PAIN - 25 YOF GOT NEW CONTACT LENSES, C/O PAIN AND BLURRED VISION, MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH *** WHILE TAKING LENSES OUT TO CLEAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2006Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Contact lenses, All-terrain vehicles
LT CORNEAL AB-WEARING SOFT CONTACTS-DEBRIS WHILE 4 WHEELING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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