title: Eye disorders: common ocular injuries: assessing the severity.
abstract: Any eye injruy due to blunt trauma calls for a measurement of visual acuity as part of the initial examination. Blunt trauma may result in a black eye or in a far more serious injury such as blowout fracture, hyphema, or macular edema.
mesh_terms: D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000628:therapy; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000628:therapy*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000628:therapy; D009915:Orbit / Q000293:injuries; D010211:Papilledema / Q000628:therapy; D012160:Retina / Q000293:injuries