“What can cause vessel damage to the eyes?”
Yesterday I noticed that my left eye was a little bloodshot and after looking at it carefully, it seems like a blood vessel may have broken. What could have caused this?
6 Answers
Coughing, sneezing, rubbing your eyes. See an ophthalmologist.
If you can see the blood in the front of the eye, which seems to be the case, this then is a subconjunctival hemorrhage. The conjunctiva is a clear membrane overtop of the white sclera that is the outer wall of the eye. Occasionally, a vein will leak a tiny amount of blood, which spreads over a broad area as the conjunctival is otherwise adherent to the sclera. This is rarely a problem - only if it keeps recurring. It is due to temporary elevation of the pressure in the vein from coughing, sneezing, strenuous activity or rubbing the eye. If the vision is unaffected, which is usually the case, then just wait 5-10 days for the blood to absorb. In the meantime, you can make up a story for your friends about your "bloody eye" such as, "You should see the other guy."
Any activity that raises the blood pressure in the head such as a big cough or sneeze or straining like moving your bowels can break capillaries on the white of the eyey
Usually rubbing your eye sneezing or coughing
Rubbing the eyes, straining in the bathroom; coughing a lot, sneezing a lot or just spontaneously.
It is due a ruptured blood vessel. Causes include high blood pressure, mechanical trauma. And sudden rises in the intra thoracic pressure during sneezing or coughing
