• April 26, 2024

When one of the blood vessels inside the eye it breaks, a hemorrhage is generated that, due to the thinness and transparency of the conjunctiva, the resulting blood is not absorbed, so it stays accumulated between the eye and it, forming what is known as an eye effusion or hemorrhage subconjunctival

The white part of eye It is covered with a thin transparent layer which is what is known as conjunctiva . Between it and the eye extends a layer of proteins that is where the blood vessels are and which are the ones that break, giving rise to the ocular effusion, according to the National Institutes of Health of the United States.

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Causes of ocular effusion

Eye spills or hemorrhages Subconjunctival factors can be caused by different factors, so it is important to rule out that it is due to important issues such as a disorder or disease, although in most cases it is a minor event due to the fact that very little blood is actually released.

The most common causes of an eye spill are coughing, a sneeze or effort of considerable intensity, or any other similar action that temporarily increases the blood pressure in the veins, which results in a small rupture in a blood or capillary vessel.

However, there may also be a hemorrhage in people with diabetes, hypertension or in those who take anticoagulants or aspirin, because these drugs affect the mechanisms related to blood in the body.

According to specialists of the Ophthalmological Society of the Valencian Community In Spain, in most cases when an eye spill occurs, it does not require specific treatment, so it must be properly diagnosed. The normal evolution of the process in the resorption of the blood, will be between two and three weeks, from which it is followed up.