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What Causes Blood Discharge From The Eye With Headache And Stomach Discomfort?
Question: I'm writing on behalf of my mother. The corner of her eye randomly began bleeding and appears to be thick blood as though it is clotting. She also has a slight headache and her stomach is bothering her. There is a history of stroke on her side of the family, should I be concerned and take her to the ER? I took her blood pressure on home machine and it is 129/79.
Brief Answer:
Stroke unlikely
Detailed Answer:
Hello again! Sorry for answering a little late but given the time difference between Europe and the US it happens you have posted the question just as I had gone to sleep.
If your concern is that the bleeding is an indicator for stroke then I can reassure that is not the case. Stroke doesn't manifest that way, whether an ischemic or a hemorrhagic stroke they happen inside the skull and do not cause eye bleeding.
From your description it seems like a subconjunctival hemorrhage, a break of a vessel beneath the conjunctivae, the tissue covering the white part of the eye. It is a common issue, but usually it is self limited, doesn't cause any damage. May often happen without a cause, but in some cases may be due to a trauma, after intense coughing or sneezing, straining on the toilet, rubbing of the eye, or in patients who take blood thinners. High blood pressure is another cause but you have eliminated that.
So in itself no reason to go to the ER. However if seemingly growing, there is vision impairment, increase of the headache, nausea or vomiting it would be safer to be checked to make sure it is not something else. Also some coagulation blood tests would be recommended (not necessarily on an urgent basis) for blood clotting disorders.
Hope she will be alright.
Stroke unlikely
Detailed Answer:
Hello again! Sorry for answering a little late but given the time difference between Europe and the US it happens you have posted the question just as I had gone to sleep.
If your concern is that the bleeding is an indicator for stroke then I can reassure that is not the case. Stroke doesn't manifest that way, whether an ischemic or a hemorrhagic stroke they happen inside the skull and do not cause eye bleeding.
From your description it seems like a subconjunctival hemorrhage, a break of a vessel beneath the conjunctivae, the tissue covering the white part of the eye. It is a common issue, but usually it is self limited, doesn't cause any damage. May often happen without a cause, but in some cases may be due to a trauma, after intense coughing or sneezing, straining on the toilet, rubbing of the eye, or in patients who take blood thinners. High blood pressure is another cause but you have eliminated that.
So in itself no reason to go to the ER. However if seemingly growing, there is vision impairment, increase of the headache, nausea or vomiting it would be safer to be checked to make sure it is not something else. Also some coagulation blood tests would be recommended (not necessarily on an urgent basis) for blood clotting disorders.
Hope she will be alright.
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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