

For example, metal objects react with the eye’s natural tears and rust forms around the metal.

feeling that there is something in your eye.sharp pain in your eye followed by burning and irritation.Symptoms of a foreign body in the eye include: Go straight to your GP (doctor), optometrist or the nearest hospital emergency department for help. Don’t try to remove a foreign body from your eye yourself. Those most at risk of getting a foreign body in the eye are tradespeople such as labourers, woodcutters, fitters and turners, boilermakers, people hammering metal on metal, gardening and using motorised tools. The common places to find a foreign body are under the eyelid or on the surface of your eye. A foreign body is an object in your eye that shouldn’t be there, such as a speck of dust, a wood chip, a metal shaving, an insect or a piece of glass.
