When cats injure eyes, their claws are almost always to blame. A 50-year-old man in Japan was hurt by something doctors say had not been documented before: the blunt force of his pet cat's forepaw.
After the strike, he had blurred vision and pain in his right eye. Doctors found bleeding in three places: under the thin membrane covering the white of the eye, beneath the retina, and inside the vitreous, the gel that fills the back of the eye. Months later, the injury led to a cataract and high eye pressure, and he needed two operations at once.
