I’ve had a red spot on my eye (subconjunctival hemorrhage) for the past few days, and it looks horrid. A subconjunctival hemorrhage simply means that a blood vessel popped in the white of my eye. I was a little embarrassed about it, but these things happen.

It’s grown a little, but its pinker rather than redder. It means I should probably get an eye exam. The list of causes ranges from pressure on the eye, or a sneeze,or high blood pressure. My blood pressure has been higher than it should, so it’s important that I get that under control (more pills). However, I have been a little stressed out lately, so it might be correlative.

A typical bruise appears black or blue underneath the skin, a subconjunctival hemorrhage appears bright red underneath the transparent conjunctiva (the white bit to you and me). Apparently, the hemorrhage may spread and become green or yellow, like a bruise, that’s going to be nice . . .

Thankfully they usually disappear within 2 weeks.

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