Urgent Emergency Symptoms

Seek immediate medical care or go to the emergency room if you have:

• Sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes

  
  

• New flashes of light, many floaters, or a dark curtain/shadow in your vision

  
  

• Severe eye pain, especially if it comes on suddenly

  
  

• Red eye with pain, light sensitivity, or blurry vision

  
  

• Chemical exposure to the eye

  
  

• Eye injury or trauma, including being hit in the eye

  
  

• Sudden double vision

  
  

• Eye pain with headache, nausea, or vomiting

  
  

• Halos around lights with eye pain or nausea

  
  

• Painful eye with swollen eyelids or difficulty moving the eye

  
  

• Sudden drooping eyelid or unequal pupils

These should be evaluated by an eye specialist (ophthalmologist).

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