hyphema

Trauma to the eye may initially cause a small hyphema.

This bleeding into the anterior chamber of the eye is called a hyphema.

Hyphema and glaucoma are two main pathologies in this area.

Sedation is not usually necessary for patients with hyphema.

Beers, 27, suffered multiple facial fractures and hyphema (blood in his right eye).

Bleeding in the front of the eye (hyphema).

If the hyphema is large, the eye itself may look as if it is filled with blood.

What is the size of the hyphema?

A hyphema can be seen as a clot or layered blood in the anterior chamber of the eye.

The condition called "eight ball" or "black hyphema" occurs when the entire anterior chamber is filled with blood.

Iridodialyses often accompany angle recession and may cause glaucoma or hyphema.

A long-standing hyphema may result in hemosiderosis and heterochromia.

A large hyphema may require careful anterior chamber washout.

Hyphema is a medical emergency.

In hyphema, blood fills the anterior chamber.

High-frequency ultrasound imaging and spectral analysis in traumatic hyphema.

The most common causes of hyphema are intraocular surgery, blunt trauma, and lacerating trauma.

Secondary hemorrhage, or rebleeding of the hyphema, is thought to worsen outcomes in terms of visual function.

Conditions or medications that cause thinning of the blood, such as aspirin, warfarin, or drinking alcohol may also cause hyphema.

It is controversial among ophthalmologists whether a steroid medication or a dilating drop (mydriatic) should be used in treatment of hyphema.

Causes of media opacity include corneal edema, hyphema, cataract and vitreous hemorrhage.

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: "Blood in the Eye (Hyphema)."

Although most black eye injuries aren't serious, bleeding within the eye, called a hyphema, is serious and can reduce vision and damage the cornea.

(American Academy of Ophthalmology) What Is Hyphema?

A person with a hyphema may have had a recent incident of eye trauma, might feel pain in the injured eye, and may have blurred vision.