# Black Eye (Periorbital Bruising)

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class FD35.00 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care · Orbital Floor Fracture - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534825/
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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BLACK EYE (PERIORBITAL BRUISING)
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class FD35.00 -
         condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary
         care · Orbital Floor Fracture - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534825/
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    Bruising around the eye from blunt trauma; a GP checks for red flags of deeper injury
            such as an orbital fracture or globe injury and otherwise manages it with analgesia and
            reassurance. - Refer, with advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      Bruising around the eye from blunt trauma; a GP checks for red flags of deeper injury
            such as an orbital fracture or globe injury and otherwise manages it with analgesia and
            reassurance.
   Caution  No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
            RED FLAG - Reduced visual acuity or double vision, restricted eye movement (possible
            orbital fracture with entrapment), or blood visible in the front of the eye (hyphaema):
            refer urgently.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
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