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I poked my eye and a couple hours later i found a little scratch in the white part of my eye. should i be worried?

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Dr. Charles Gordon answered

Specializes in Adolescent Medicine

Eyeball scratch: Anytime there is a break in the integrity of the skin there is the potential for an infection developing. You can get antibiotic eye drops. If your hands were just in the dirt in the ground that would be more worrisome than if you had been sitting in an easy chair reading.

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Answered 7/11/2018

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