Three types of eye trauma can result from sports injuries: corneal abrasion, blunt injuries and penetrating injuries. Corneal abrasion, a scrape of the outer surface of the eye, usually is painful but not severe. The most common cause, in sports and recreation, is a scratch from a fingernail. Many professional basketball players wear goggles when they play to protect themselves from such an injury.Blunt injuries occur when impact from an object (tennis ball, racquet, fist, elbow, etc.) causes sudden compression of the eye. Mild blunt injuries sometimes only result in bleeding of the eyelids, or a black eye. Also, a subconjunctival hemorrhage may develop. To see more details, visit www.uic.edu
