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A week ago a capillary in my eye burst, it seems to be healing normally. but since then i've had a sporadic stinging in it though. is this serious?
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Not serious: Subconjunctival hemorrhages like this are minor and self limited. It should spontaneously resort over one to two weeks.
Answered 6/26/2014
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