Why would a vain pop in your eye? Nothing hit me or poked me in it.?

Question

This has happened 3 times in the last 3 years. Could it be stress, headaches, or sinuses in some sort of pressure build up? Or something else?

Answer 1

Veins can pop for no reason sometimes, which is called idiopathic. But most often they come from something called a 'valsalva maneuver.' For example, throwing up, sneezing really hard, weight lifters holding their breath and trying to lift too much, etc. All of these put too much pressure in those tiny little veins, and they pop. They heal fairly quickly, of course, with no real danger. Depending on the size of the bleed, they can take from a week to 3 months to completely go away. Kind of like a bruise on your eye.

Now, if you have 3 or more of these in a short period of time, a couple of years for example, you need to have some blood work done to make sure that there aren't other things going on in your body.

But for a one-time occurrence, use cold compresses with 48 hours of the inital appearance, then use warm compresses till it goes away. Try to stay away from aspirin until it resolves also, since that would only thin your blood and increase the risk of a rebleed.

Answer 2

Stress is a common cause, but to be on the safe side, get yourself checked for high blood pressure.

It could also be a simple lack of moisture. If you live in a dry area, try using some moisturizing eye drops for a couple of days and see if that relieves any of your symptoms.

Answer 3

My dad sneezes and it happens about once every year or so. Some people cough or laugh really hard and it can happen. It usually is not something to worry about unless it is the result of a really bad head trauma or if it happens really frequently. It always looks worse than it is most of the time, but you could call your doctor and ask if they can look at you really quickly! They would be the ones to know!

Answer 4

while a subconjunctival hemorrhage is usually not dangerous in and of itself...*recurrent* broken blood vessels on the surface of the eye could be a sign of some undiagnosed systemic disorder: uncontrolled high blood pressure, diabetes, sickle cell, AV malformation, temporal arteritis etc etc

if it happens over & over again, you need a physical

Answer 5

It could be all of those things, but it can also be a sign of medical issues such as high blood pressure, allergic reactions, etc. Perhaps you should talk to an opthalmologist.

Answer 6

Yes, could be stress, Use reflectable glasses working on computers, get enough sleep, most of us think its ok, but not enough sleep and computer screen have effects on eyes.

Stay safe and take care

Answer 7

its a blood vessel that has burst usually quite harmless

Answer 8

It could be stress.

Answer 9

Coughing hard also does that.