I have been getting burst blood vessels in my eye and its getting worse i now have a black eye any tips?

Question

When i throw up I get burst blood vessels in my eye due to the pressure but it seems to be getting worse and Im now stuck with a pretty bad black eye! Can anyone give me any tips on this? I know its not bad its just kinda looks like ive been getting into fights or something.

Answer 1

In addition to the two very good answers above, you may want to ask yourself why you're throwing up often enough to say "when I throw up, I get burst blood vessels in my eye." You may have a medical problem (or maybe you have an eating disorder you didn't mention). Whatever the case, I would definitely seek treatment for the cause of your vomiting.

Answer 2

I am a nurse for an ophthalmologist.  Any time you bear down by coughing, vomiting , etc. it can cause the blood vessels in your eye to bleed.  It is just like a bruise on your skin, the skin is flesh colored and the skin of the eye (the sclera) is clear so you more visibly see the blood bruise.  Avoid taking any aspirin, Advil, aleve, naprosen, anything that contains blood thinners or anti inflammatory.  This thins the blood and causes the hemorrhage to worsen.  Not much else you can to.  It will be ok no harm done just looks bad.  It may look worse before it gets better but no real remedy other than avoiding any meds that may thin your blood.

Answer 3

I'm guessing the throwing up is from drinking...so don't drink so much or switch to alcohol that doesn't make you sick!  it happened to my roommate in college, he'd get so wasted that he'd heave his guts out and the next morning, sure enough he'd have a couple shiners.    we always used to joke that his girlfriend was whooping his a$$ because she was a controlling b*tch...turned out she was, so I guess it wasn't very funny after all...haha