What Is Raccoon Eyes Trauma?
Raccoon eye is a condition that eyes are dark purple or blue bruises under your eyes. This name comes from their resemblance to the dark circles under the raccoon’s eyes.
Raccoon eyes a a severe condition related to a brain injury or skull. Quick diagnosis is crucial to reduce the risk of raccoon eye complications.
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Types of eye trauma
- Penetrating injuries, Blunt injuries, and chemical exposure injuries. Causes of ocular injuries include automobile, accidents falls, sports and leisure activity injuries, assaults, and work-related situations.
- Trauma can cause visual impairment.
- Almost 90% of all sports-related eye injuries could be prevented by wearing protective eyewear during potentially hazardous work, hobbies, or sports activities.
- The nurse’s role in individual and community education is vital to reduce ocular trauma
Raccoon eyes causes
Raccoon eyes symptoms
Some sign and symptoms caused by raccoon eyes include:
- tenderness in the area
- discoloration
- swelling of the eyelids
- high blood pressure and heart rate
- muscular weakness
- Nausea and vomiting
Some other, less visible symptoms can also occur:
How are raccoon eyes diagnosed?
Doctors may perform a physical exam like nerve tests, eye movement tests, and touching the surrounding area. However, the imaging test is considered critical because it can show your doctor pictures of internal damage.
To diagnose, your doctor will use a CT scan to find brain and skull injuries in two out of three people.
Raccoon eyes treatment
Raccoon eyes do not often require treatment. Your doctors will focus on treating the cause of raccoon, which should allow the raccoon’s eyes to go away without assistance.
Basal skull fractures, the most common cause for raccoon eyes, don’t need treatment.
Your doctors will also treat any other complications of raccoon eyes, such as aneurysms and meningitis. Cosmetic surgery may also for people who show signs of facial deformity.
Eye movement trauma therapy
Eye Movement therapy is a fairly new psychotherapy technique used to relieve psychological stress. It is a treatment for trauma or post-traumatic stress disorder.
During EMDR therapy, you relive traumatic and triggering experiences in brief doses while the therapist directs your eye movements.
This treatment allows you to be exposed to memories and thoughts without a strong psychological response.
Conclusion
Raccoon eyes are a sign of underlying trauma. The raccoon eyes will go away once your skull fracture heals.
Some skull fractures are fatal. Necessary to see your doctor right away if you have any head injury, has the signs and symptoms of raccoon eyes. You have to be safe if any head injury should be checked out by a doctor as soon as possible.
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