What are the symptoms if you have bleeding behind the eyes?

Question

do to high blood sugars...thanks for your help...

Answer 1

I have been thru it... Diabetic rhetinopathy. Tiny blood vessels in the retina, at the back of the eye, begin to leak blood into the vitreous, a gelly-like substance in the centre of the eye. As far as symptoms, I would describe it a you seeing a tiny fishing line with a piece of bait at the end of it. When you move your eyes around, the line swings about. As the condition worsens, the "bait" gets bigger. I ended up having four surgeries. Now, I'm dealing with cataracts! Had one eye operated on a couple of months ago, and the other is to be done within the year. It kind of makes me regret not taking better care of myself and my diabetes in my younger years.
Consult your doctor, optometrist and/or ophthlmologist!

Answer 2

There are lots of reasons or problems that cause bleeding behind the eye. I'd think s/he means that there's blood at the back of the eye. If you are writing this and are living at home with Mom, my inclination is that she's probably at the most in her mid 40's, and his having problems with reading so she went for an exam. And they found some blood back inside there. If she has a medical problem such as diabetes or hypertension, or both, she may have blood leakage from retinal vessels. One usually has to have significant hypertension for there to be bleeding, but for diabetics she may have a few microaneurysms that have bled or may have tugged on a vessel and bled. If the gel inside the eye, while it's sloshing around in there tugs on the retinal surface or on the surface of the nerve, it can cause surface hemorrhages or bleeding into the gel. If the gel tugs on the side of the retina, up near the front where it "comes from" and it's tightly attached, she could have a retinal tear. Since it's a posterior problem, see a retina specialist. They spend all day back there looking around, doing surgery, lasers, drainages, injections....and they'll be more likely to find the 'real' cause of the bleeding. Look up on line ophthalmologists, then retina specialists in your city/town. Or call the hospital emergency room or operator and ask who the retina person(s) are in the area. The macular degeneration idea is good. But if she's already bled, not a whole lot that can be done if it's not done right away. And at her 'young' age, this is not a likely diagnosis...(but there are other macular bleeding problems within that category such as angiod streaks, histoplasmosis, Fuch's spots, autoimmune problems....etc.)

Answer 3

assuming you mean retinal bleeding into the vitreous fluid in the case of a severe bleed in my case it appeared as a shutter covering the top half of the eye;when i tilt my head backwards the blood trail runs down the whole eye meaning that the bleed is actually at the bottom of the eye and mapped onto the top part of the vision;if it is a gradual bleed the vision gradually becomes more cloudy;presumably prior to all of this you were receiving laser to make the eye more near sighted as they discovered that this type of eye tend less to production of leaky blood vessels although its possible that this treatment itself caused dthe bleed
the rule of thumb is they perform a vitrectomy three months after a major bleed and two years after low level bleeding;they go and cut the scab away from the retina otherwise it will lift the retina off-ah now i see the point of your question ;could you have a major bleed without knowing it;i dont think so but your laser clinic appointments should be about six weeks apart.-you could not fail to notice a bleed as your vision would worsen;if you get cobwebs as distinct from floaters or flashing lights it means the retina is detaching;they will treat it as an occular emergency and after excising the scab from the retina they will fry the remaining leaky blood vessels and drain blood out of the vitreous;interestingly they do not sometimes reattach the retina but allow to drift back into positon as it is very fragile andis pushed back into position by fluid presure in the retina;the blood stained vitreous fluid is replaced by aqueos fluid in the eye so pressure is maintained
four weeks after my operation i now can just about read small print although everything has wavy edges as the retina is not fully attached yet;they can freeze it back on or insert a gas bubble to press it back on
they go in through the pars plana at the top of the eye and have a mini camera and tiny scissors inside the eye-i did mine under local anaesthetic and it is a two hour walk in and out procedure and had no pain what so ever during or after the procedure
lasers are always to mop up fluid in the eye-twenty years ago you would already be blind at this stage in the game

Answer 4

Bleeding in that area of any kind is a reason to see a doctor immediately. It could be a variety of things that can cause anything from blindness to death.

Answer 5

You will have partial vision loss as the blood infiltrates the retinal tissue . It is a true medical emergency .

Answer 6

Bleeeding behind the eyes!! You need to go to your Dr. or eye Dr. right away!!

Answer 7

Its recomended that you have a yearly eye exam to check for this if you have diabetics.

Answer 8

blood shot eyes?

Answer 9

I would see a Doctor about that

Answer 10

pressure, pain, blurred vision, sensitivity to light and headaches