More Eye Injuries Due to Basketball than Any Other Sport

 

August 21, 2015

More Eye Injuries Due to Basketball than Any Other Sport

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“According to the National Eye Institute, every 13 minutes, an emergency room in the United States treats a sports-related eye injury. Eye injuries from sports may include infection, corneal abrasions, blunt trauma, inflamed iris, fracture of the eye socket, swollen or detached retinas or a traumatic cataract. In the worst cases, some injuries may result in permanent vision loss.”

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