This reduces the possibility of permanent scarrring and corneal clouding. Rarely, a red eye infection in children may be noticed to involve small elevated lesions around the eye. In racquet sports - particularly tennis, where a tennis ball easily can squarely hit the globe without deflection by the bony protective orbit, and in baseball where particularly the catcher is at greater risk. Hockey, playing paintball, and release of airbags, all have been associated with eye injury and bleeds into the eye. Protection is even more essential for those born with reduced vision in one eye.
Special lenses known as polycarbonate are the safest lenses for protection.
Regular plastic or glass lenses may not protect against all forms of injury. Children have been known to flick paper clips from rubber bands, a game that has resulted in severe eye injury. However, in some individuals iritis recurs at the same time each year, and an allergic cause is suspected. Preventing problems associated with iritis requires first, recognizing light sensitivity and redness of the eye require immediate examination by an eye specialist. Subsequent attacks of iritis are easily recognizable early on based on the soreness, redness, and change in vision that occur.