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Emergency Eye Care

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The Family Eye Care Center & Optical Gallery handles many serious eye conditions and eye injuries.

The Family Eye Care Center & Optical Gallery always has a provider on call. If you have an eye emergency or a question that needs an immediate response, please call our office and you will be directed to our answering service. Our answering service will relay your message to the provider on call who will call you directly.

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, please call our office right away:

Sudden vision loss
Eye pain
Flashes of light
New floaters or if you see a curtain or veil in your vision
Double vision
Sudden onset of sensitivity to light
Foreign body in the eye
Trauma

Sports-related injury to the eye
Chemical splash
For chemical splashes, immediately flush eye with water for 10-15 minutes. If water is not available, you can use milk. Then proceed to the closest emergency room or call our office right away.

What NOT to do when experiencing an eye emergency:

Do not drive anywhere. Ask a family member or friend to drive you.
Do not rub or apply pressure to your eye.
Do not try to remove a foreign object from your eye.
Do not put medications or ointments in your eye unless prescribed by a doctor.

Location

5 Cornerstone Square
Westford, MA 01886

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