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Subconjunctival Hemorrhage (Bleeding in Eye) (cont.)

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When to Seek Medical Care

Call your ophthalmologist (a medical doctor who specializes in eye care and surgery) if the subconjunctival hemorrhage does not get better within two weeks or if you have had multiple subconjunctival hemorrhages.

Also, call your ophthalmologist if you have a hemorrhage in both eyes at the same time or if the subconjunctival hemorrhage coincides with other symptoms of bleeding including easy bruising, bleeding gums, or both.

Go to your ophthalmologist immediately if you have a subconjunctival hemorrhage and you have

  • pain associated with the hemorrhage,


  • changes in vision (for example, blurry vision, double vision, difficulty seeing),


  • history of a bleeding disorder,


  • history of high blood pressure, or


  • injury from trauma to the eye.

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Subconjunctival hemorrhage is defined as blood between the conjunctiva and the sclera, and it is involved in the differential diagnosis of a red eye.

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