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Could heavy straining like heavy sneezing coughing and vomiting etc cause blood vessels in the iris to burst/break? if so what are the symptoms?
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No: We don't see blood vessels in the iris break in these scenarios, however it is very common to get subconjunctival hemorrhages where a blood vessel on the white of your eye breaks, causing an appearance of a red eye.
Answered 5/28/2016
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Yes: Yes it can , it called subconjunctival hemorrhage, there are no symptoms except red non painful but badly red looking eye without any change in vision.
Answered 9/28/2016
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