Paranoid with Hyphema!?!
Question: Paranoid with Hyphema!?
I've recently been diagnosed with hyphema. I'm getting alot of rest and not doing anything extremely physical...but I am still paranoid.
I take the eyedrops when I am supposed to and get plenty of rest. This morning I woke up and I found some gunk on the corner of the eye that had hyphema. Of course I cleaned it off, but is this normal?
I also get paranoid whenever I bend over, because my vision get's more blurred that way. Whenever my vision get's blurred, I always think that I "broke another blood vessel" and that my eye is bleeding again. Is it normal for your eye to occassionally blur when you have Hyphema?
I'm visiting my eye doctor in one hour, but I'd just like to reassure myself first.
Thanks!
I take the eyedrops when I am supposed to and get plenty of rest. This morning I woke up and I found some gunk on the corner of the eye that had hyphema. Of course I cleaned it off, but is this normal?
I also get paranoid whenever I bend over, because my vision get's more blurred that way. Whenever my vision get's blurred, I always think that I "broke another blood vessel" and that my eye is bleeding again. Is it normal for your eye to occassionally blur when you have Hyphema?
I'm visiting my eye doctor in one hour, but I'd just like to reassure myself first.
Thanks!
Answers:
Yes everything you've said is normal when it comes to having Hyphema.
You're condition should vanish soon as the blood usually gets absorbed.
However the ophthalmologist may need to remove the blood, especially if the intraocular pressure is severely increased or the blood is slow to absorb again.
The outcome depends upon the amount of injury to the eye.
I hope I helped :)