Burst blood vessel in eye.

[carlton23]

My left eye makes me look like an alien because two days ago I awoke with a burst vein which covers all the white. The GP says it should not be anything to worry about, and gave me some dry-eye ointment.

[237SJ]

That`s proaby a subconunctival haemorrhage. My mum gets them for no reason (although rumour has it they can be linked to high blood pressure which she has). It`ll probably take a week or more to clear. It`ll probably go yellow as it`s clearing. Maybe older people get them because their blood vessels are a bit thinner. They do look a bit scary though!

[gness]

My OH had that happen lots when he was on drugs.....anti rejection,warfarin ect.
Looks alien like you say!

[droopdrawers]

I had that a couple of years ago. Quite disconcerting when you look in the mirror.

I was told it was nothing serious to worry about carlton so hope yours is the same.

DD

[tinkerbell23]

Hope you are ok carlton xxx

[LoftyLottie]

Don't worry too much about it Carlton. It is usually insignificant and your GP isn't worried. You could wear an eyepatch and look like a pirate.

Take care.

[snags]

''You could wear an eyepatch and look like a pirate''

Fantastic idea. Do you have a parrot to finish off the package?

[Khandro]

It isn't anything to worry about, I often get them, wear suglasses, I know it may be raining, so you will look like movie star, but don't walk into any lamp posts or you could end up with one red and one black! :-)