Should I be worried....

[EireCara]

*Iv been on warfarin for about 2 months, and today I have a really blood red mark in the white of my eye !!! Its about half an inch ish in size...I know these things happen to people NOT taking warfarin, but I am a bit freaked by it. I was tested last Wednesday and was 1.9 and Iv been taking 5mg one day and 4mg the next since then.

Should I be worried.

 

[Adrienne]

That happened to me when I was on Coumadin. I think that can happen somewhat easily when on Coumadin (Warfarin) if you do something like rub your eye or something like that. It's usually nothing to worry about.

 

[EireCara]

*Thanks Adrienne.

 

[Nancy]

I've had them (no Warfarin), my husband had them (Coumadin), my daughter had one (no Warfarin). They usually take about a week to 10 days to resolve. One doc told us that it is actually a tiny leak caused by ? sometimes a sneeze. It gets trapped between the tissues of the eye, and because they are pretty tight together, the tiny leak spreads betweem them, making it look all red, when if fact it is not much blood at all. Hope this makes sense.

So, for now, you can give people the "whammy eye" if you want. Of course, if it doesn't get better or gets worse or hurts or is interfering with your vision, then call your doctor.

 

[Ross]

Run of the mill. Looks bad, takes a long time to resolve, but no lasting damage.

 

[EireCara]

*thank You Nancy And Ross.

 

[Natanni]

Sub Hemes...

Sub Hemes...

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Subconjunctival hemorrhage
Classification & external resources ICD-10 H11.3
ICD-9 372.72

A subconjunctival hemorrhage is a common and relatively minor post-LASIK complication.A subconjunctival hemorrhage (or subconjunctival haemorrhage) is bleeding underneath the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva contains many small, fragile blood vessels that are easily ruptured or broken. When this happens, blood leaks into the space between the conjunctiva and sclera.

Whereas a bruise typically appears black or blue underneath the skin, a subconjunctival hemorrhage initially appears bright red underneath the transparent conjunctiva. Later the hemorrhage may spread and become green or yellow, like a bruise. Usually this disappears within 2 weeks. [1]

Although its appearance may be alarming, a subconjunctival hemorrhage is generally a painless and harmless condition; however, it may be associated with high blood pressure, or trauma to the eye.


[edit] Causes
Minor eye trauma
Spontaneously with increased venous pressure
Streneuous Exercising
Coughing
Touching/widening eyes
Sneezing
Vomiting, particularly forced vomiting as seen in bulimia nervosa
Straining
Severe alcohol intoxication, leading to raised blood pressure
Blood dyscrasia (rare)
Severe hypertension
LASIK
Blood thinners, such as ginger, capsaicin, ginseng, garlic, aspirin, or Herba if taken in high doses or combined. These can also make the vessels in the eye more susceptible to the pressure causes listed above.