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continued eye redness
by mickeymull, Apr 27, 2006 12:00AM
i have a re-occurring problem with broken blood vessels in my eyes. i have visited an eye doctor who did a $800 dollars worth of tests, i also went to my regular doctor who did blood and other tests. everything came back ok. a vessel in the left eye broke a week and a half ago and then a vessel in the right eye broke 2 days ago. and it happens every three of four months. i do suffer allergies which cause me to sneeze quite often and i take supplements. but this started happening a few years ago and i have always had allergies. any suggestions? these are not little breaks. half of my eye is filled with blood. is there anything i can do to stop this problem? are there any eye drops that might work? Please help. I am a 50 year old healthy male, 5-10" 160 lbs, non smoker seldom drink
Doctor's Answer
by Forum-OD-MP, Apr 27, 2006 12:00AM
conjunctival hemmorrhage. you're right, something is up if you're really having them that frequently.
CH is *usually* a sign of undiagnosed systemic problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus, etc etc. but having had a bunch of blood tests run and coming up fine... thats certainly perplexing.
sneezing fits (or any valsalva manuever that raises the pressure i your head) can certainly cause this. i mean this sounds obvious but do you "stifle" your sneezes? if not, i dont know what to tell you. something is definitely afoot.
CH is *usually* a sign of undiagnosed systemic problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus, etc etc. but having had a bunch of blood tests run and coming up fine... thats certainly perplexing.
sneezing fits (or any valsalva manuever that raises the pressure i your head) can certainly cause this. i mean this sounds obvious but do you "stifle" your sneezes? if not, i dont know what to tell you. something is definitely afoot.
Blood-thinning medications, such as warfarin and aspirin
Ginseng
Ginkgo
Garlic
Ginger
St. John's wort
Cayenne
(This information was taken from www.mayoclinic.com.)