Black Eye

Years ago people used to put a leach in black eye to suck out the blood says dr. Jack Jeffers, an opthalmologist at wills eye hospital in Philadelphia.
Drs no longer use leeches for treatment ( thanks goodness) The best and most effective ways to block a black eye are much simpler than that. Here's how.
Ledum pal has been found extremely useful when there is extravasation of blood in lids , conjuctiva, contused wounds. It helps in healing by absorbing the blood and stopping further rupture of blood vessels and capillaries by causing natrual constriction of blood vessels.
Pack in ice.Cold works in Two ways. It helps keep the sweeling down and constricts the blood vessels, helps decrease the internal bleeding, which is what causes the black and blue colour.
Dr, Jeffers recommends applying an ice pack for the first 24 to 48 hours. If your eye is swollen shut, use it for ten minutes every 2 hrs the first day, he advised to make an ice pack for the eye, put crushed ice in a plastic bag and tape it to the forehead. This will prevent putting pressure on the eye.
Start on Arnica and Ledum pal
Arnica 200 c potency 5 pills has a special effect on bleeding or ruptured blood vessels. It stops the bleeding and helps nature to heal the blood vessels at fastest possible speed.
Ledum pal acts as a complimentary medicine to Arnica. It removes ecchymosis and the discoloration rapidly and perfectly.
Symphytum 200 , five pills four times a day to be given if pain persists in the eye ball. Symphytum should be given after Ledum pal and Arnica's course of 8_10 days is over.
At times due to eye injury diplopia ( double vision) sets in with bruised sore feeling in eye ball Arnica 200 five pills four times a day continue for 2_4 weeks even more if need be.
Medical Alert
For your child's eye you need to see an opthalmologist if his vision is impaired,he complains of pain in his eye, if he is sensitive to light, he complaints of double or blurred vision, or if he complains of sees something floating through his eyes.
It's not so much how it looks looking in but how it looks looking out says eye experts.
Don't blow your nose.
If it was a severe blow that caused his black eye ( something more than just bumping into a door) blowing his nose could cause his face to blow up like a balloon. Sometimes the injury fractures the bone of the eye socket, and blowing your nose can force air out of your sinus adjacent to the socket. The air gets injected under your skin and makes the eyelids swell even more. It also can increase the chance of infection.
Avoid Aspirin
Aspirin may be bad news for those with black eyes. Aspirin is an anti coagulant, meaning the blood won't clot as well. You will have a harder time stopping the bleeding that causes the discoloration says eye experts.
Relax and enjoy the show.
Once you have black eye, besides taking care and above treatment there is nothing more you can do but wait for the sweeling to go down and healing to take place. most black eyes will last about a week and it's a colourful week at that.
The injury starts out black says dr Keith Stevenson MD director of the department of emergency medicines John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore. Then as it starts to heal it will turn green, then yellow and finally it just disappears.
It is advised kindly consult your dr. before self medication.