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SPONTANEOUS RECURRENT SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HAEMORRHAGE TWO METHODS OF TREATMENT
Author(s) -
Lorbeer H. J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb77930.x
Subject(s) - limiting , medicine , surgery , ophthalmology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The importance of subconjunctival haemorrhages is always symptomatic, since the eye itself is never endangered (Parsons, 1959). The condition is usually self‐limiting and disappears in two to three weeks without treatment. Usually no special investigations or treatment are therefore required. The conjunctival vessels often display small varicosities. Rupture of one of these, whether spontaneous or from coughing or sneezing, is the commonest cause of non‐traumatic hæmorrhage (Doggart, 1952).