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eye blood vessel

during a sneezing fit (allergies time of year) I broke a blood vessel in my eyeball.
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Hello and hope you are doing well.

It can be controlled by keeping the sneezing in check. Repeated sneezing could be due to vasomotor rhinitis, in which the symptoms occur in response to a trigger, like eating spicy food or going outside in the cold.  The primary treatment is simply avoiding the things that trigger your symptoms. It is often treated with a drying nasal spray (like Atrovent) and antihistamines like chlopheneramine and lovatidine are effective. Nasal decongestant drops too relieve congestion.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
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it was not immediate - I just woke up with one half of the eyeball bright dark red the next day. Doc says NOTHING can do. Is there any way to have this NOT HAPPEN again? It has taken 2 weeks to go away and I do frequent public speaking

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