"Vessels can break from coughing, aggressive sneezing, rubbing your eye, etc.," Keany said. "It's important to understand the difference between a subconjunctival hemorrhage and hyphema.

Source: Focus Medica. Accumulation of blood in the space between the cornea and the iris, causing eye pain, blurred vision and sensitivity to light. The common cause is the injury to the eye.

This was a retrospective study of all patients with traumatic hyphaema due to closed globe injury, who were admitted to the eye ward of UCH, Ibadan, between January 1997 and December 2006.

This review aims to reappraise eye/orbit blast injuries, thus helping in their management and protection. Blast ocular orbital trauma includes rupture of the globe, serous retinitis, hyphema ...