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  2. Subconjunctival bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Other causes include blunt or penetrating trauma to the eye. Risk factors include hypertension, diabetes, old age, and blood thinners. Subconjunctival bleeding occurs in about 2% of newborns following a vaginal delivery. The blood accumulates between the conjunctiva and the episclera. Diagnosis is generally based on the appearance of the ...

  3. Red eye (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A red eye is an eye that appears red due to illness or injury. It is usually injection and prominence of the superficial blood vessels of the conjunctiva, which may be caused by disorders of these or adjacent structures. Conjunctivitis and subconjunctival hemorrhage are two of the less serious but more common causes.

  4. Retrobulbar bleeding - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms may include pain, bruising around the eye, the eye bulging outwards, vomiting, and vision loss. [1] Retrobulbar bleeding can occur as a result of trauma to the eye, surgery to the eye, blood thinners, or an arteriovenous malformation. [1] In those with significant symptoms lateral canthotomy with cantholysis is indicated. [1]

  5. Intraocular hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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    A subconjunctival hemorrhage appears as a bright red patch on the white of the eye and is commonly referred to as a burst blood vessel. In hyphema, blood pools in the anterior chamber, where the iris (the colored part of the eye) and the pupil are located. Hyphemas are graded based on the amount of blood covering the cornea.

  6. Vitreous hemorrhage - Wikipedia

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    Abnormal blood vessels can form in the back of the eye of a person with diabetes. These new blood vessels are weaker and prone to breaking and causing hemorrhage. [ 2 ] Diabetic retinopathy accounts for 31.5–54% of all cases of vitreous hemorrhage in adults in the United States.

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    In another new study, researchers suggest that the blood thinner heparin may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease by interfering with harmful protein interactions in the brain; however, more ...

  8. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

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    Ineffective erythropoiesis is an anemia caused by the premature apoptosis of the body's mature red blood cells [49] and subsequent reduction in an adequate production and full maturation of new healthy red blood cells. [50] Macrocytic anemia: Megaloblastic anemia: D51.1, D52.0, D53.1: 29507

  9. 'I walked in with a bloodshot eye and left with a brain ... - AOL

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    Kirsty Drury thought her bloodshot eye was conjunctivitis - it turned out to be symptomatic of a brain tumour. 'I walked in with a bloodshot eye and left with a brain tumour diagnosis' Skip to ...