Intraocular hemorrhage

Intraocular hemorrhage
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Specialty	Ophthalmology

Intraocular hemorrhage is bleeding (hemorrhage) inside the eye (oculus in Latin) . It may be the result of physical trauma (direct injury to the eye) or other diseases, injuries or disorders (such as diabetes, hypertension, or shaken baby syndrome).^[1] Severe bleeding may cause high pressures inside the eye, leading to blindness.

Types[]

The types of ocular hemorrhages are classified based on where the bleeding is occurring:

• Subconjunctival hemorrhage (bleeding just underneath the conjunctiva)^[2]
• Intraocular hemorrhages:
  • Hyphema (in the anterior chamber)
  • In the posterior segment of eyeball:
    • Vitreous hemorrhage (into the vitreous)^[3][4]
    • (under the retina)
    • (under the macula)^[5]

Causes[]

Different causes may cause bleeding in different locations.

• Terson's syndrome (as a result of subarachnoid hemorrhage)
• Hemophilia (a severe bleeding disorder, usually hereditary)
• Anticoagulants and thrombolysis (medication to reduce blood clotting tendency or to disperse blood clots, respectively)

The major causes of bleeding are injury diabetes mellitus hypertension.

Diagnosis[]

Intraocular hemorrhage is typically diagnosed with slit lamp examination.

Treatment[]

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