Erie Retina Research held a walk-in clinic for those who may have damaged their vision during yesterday's solar eclipse.

"It's probably been over 30 people so far already, so it's just after 12," said Dr. David Almeida, an Ophthalmologist with Erie Retina Research.

"We've seen everything from telescopes exploding - so you know, if you don't thermally protect the tempered glass in a telescope it'll explode, so somebody's telescope went on fire. We've had someone with an exposure from going after a pet outside, and then really everything in between with happenstance and just randomness with potential exposure. Luckily everyone's looking good so far."

According to CBS News, customers who purchased pairs of "Biniki Solar Eclipse Glasses AAS Approved 2024 – CE & ISO Certified Safe Shades for Direct Sun Viewing (6 Packs)" may have been affected by a recall on the glasses. According to CBS, "the recalled glasses are labeled as 'EN ISO 12312-1:2022'; proper safety glasses should carry the ISO designation of 12312-2.

So what kind of eye damage can people potentially experience from exposure to the sun's rays?

"Mild exposure, you're probably looking at a transient vision loss, everything good by the next day," continued Almeida. "Intermediate, as long as you only looked at it for a few seconds or maybe 15 seconds you're going to see some sort of changes to your retina, photoreceptor changes. A full exposure where you actually see burns in your retina, that's blindness so that's irreversible in that vision gone. We haven't seen anything like that, we don't hope to see anything like that."

And patients are glad to have a place to go following the eclipse just to be on the safe side. 

"So yesterday when I was looking at the eclipse, I was looking up with the glasses on and I lost my balance, and I pulled the glasses off and stared at the sun just for a quick second," said Sue Coverdale, a patient who says she didn't experience any vision loss, but wanted to make sure.

"It panicked me enough that I wanted to come get checked. I was very happy to find it and be able to come here and get a free exam."

Erie Retina Research is also taking in used eclipse glasses to be given out to other countries during their eclipses. 

They'll also check to make sure there's not recalls on your glasses when you turn them in.