If you have a true medical emergency, call 9-1-1 and seek immediate medical attention.

If you think you are having an eye emergency, immediately seek the care of an eye care professional. Dr. Kumar Patel can be reached at 817-527-3604.

PersonalEyes Vision Care provides prompt management & treatment for signs and symptoms related to: retinal detachments, eye pain, physical eye trauma, painful eye infections, foreign body in or around the eye (i.e wood or metal shavings), and many more. Because of this, PersonalEyes offers new and established patients access to emergency eye care services around the clock - 24/7.

Symptoms that require an emergency eye care services include:

• New onset flashes and/or floaters
• Loss of vision
• Double vision
• Red/painful eye(s) or eyelid(s)
• Abnormal drainage coming from the eye(s)
• Foreign material in the eye(s) such as branches, metal, or chemicals

Things NOT TO DO when experience an eye emergency:

• DO NOT press or rub the injured eye
• DO NOT attempt to remove any foreign material with tweezers or cotton swabs yourself
• If you believe you have a whole or partial contact lens stuck in your eye, DO NOT attempt to take it out yourself. There MAY NOT be a lens in your eye and you could cause more damage. That painful, scratchy feeling could be an abrasion on your eye and not a contact lens