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Bleeding in the back of the eye
Bleeding in the back of the eye (on the retina) is often a result of trauma, or injury to the head.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Bleeding in the back of the eye?
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What is the best treatment for bleeding in back of the eye?
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A 16-year old male asked:
I hit my head on a wall, really hard. My vision went white and when my vision returned an area above my eyebrow was bleeding profusely. The bottom of my left eye started flashing colours shortly after and currently I have a headache (back of head?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Been having vaginal bleeding, uncontrolled muscle twitching, twitching of the left eye, and "lighting bolt" pain in left side of my mid back, ideas?
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A 21-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms of brain bleeding? Are headaches, ringing ears, red eye related? (I was in a car accident didn't hit my head,just back&forth)
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A 41-year old female asked:
Been taking bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) for 10days. Now have black bleeding sores in my mouth. Hives . Went to urgent care gave me steroid shot. Now i noticed some red sore in my eye. Should i go back to doctor of will this go away?
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A 34-year old female asked:
My son whose 4 just fell out of the shower and he got an open cut on the back of his head., which is bleeding. Should I take to the hospital?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I hit my head on the freezer door back in December, it was painful but there was no bleeding, pain went away after few days. I just noticed today (march) that i have a small deep spot on my head, no headache, very little pain around it.see a dr?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I randomly start bleeding around face and back of head.I have large sacks of pus around beard and hair.Seems dermstolical problem.What can it be?Cure?
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A 44-year old asked:
I just fell and hit my head, bleeding from back, what do I do?
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A 46-year old asked:
I get a feeling of something bleeding or trickling down the back right side of my head. Could this be a brain aneurysm or some sort of fluid build up?
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A 67-year old male asked:
My father(65 years) slipped in the toilet 8 hours back & cut his head(an inch).do i need to take him to doctor for any scan to check internal bleeding
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A 17-year old male asked:
When someone falls on the back of his head , how to know if he has internal bleeding or if there 's something dangerous?I mean before arriving to hospi
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A 35-year old asked:
I have bad pain on the back of my head and nose bleeding-doctor?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I hit my head a few months back on a nail sticking out in my attic. I'm 24 got my tetanus shot at 12 should I be worried? I don't remember bleeding
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A 23-year old female asked:
I hit my head a few months back on a nail sticking out in my attic. I'm 24 got my tetanus shot at 12 should I be worried? I don't remember bleeding . Wouldn't I have symptoms I'm scared already of tetanus if I was going to get it
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Sore penis head and fore skin. Inflamed red. Skin on head of penis and gore skin torn, painful and bleeding a little when pulled back.
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A male asked:
Knocked into stone column then fell to ground. Caused laceration on back of head, 3 staples. Is an X-ray sufficient to rule out internal bleeding?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Hit back of head on table- pain & a bump but no bleeding, dizziness, vision issues, other headache, etc. Briefly felt Very slightly dazed. I'm planning to wait tonight and go to the doctor tomorrow if I have/develop worrying symptoms. Is this okay?
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A 20-year old female asked:
On Friday I started bleeding.. Then on Saturday I clotted all day long and there were 4-5 each time I went to the bathroom. Now I don't feel good.. My head hurts, my back hurts.. I have. Diarrhea now. What does this mean? Do I need to go to the doctor?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Hit head getting out of car last night. I hit the back/top kinda hard. Tender to touch and some headache. Should I go to doctor? Brain bleeding?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Hit the back of my head hard. On call neuro said tylenol (acetaminophen) only less chance of bleeding brain. Should I stop my 3000mg fish oil a day for a while?
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A 31-year old female asked:
My son is 21mths.He hit back of head 2 days in a row.2nd time he hit size of a baseball was developed.Since then he has bleeding from nose,gums,red spots behind knee neck rt shoulder unknown bruising infections and the worse one was right now I was gonna
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A 41-year old female asked:
Pain in eye small bleed back of head told small bleed ?
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A 36-year old asked:
My doctor thinks she sees a bleed at the back of my eye, and is sending me for a cat scan. What could the problem be?
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A 27-year old female asked:
A black eye from hit. Bleed a bit from nose then stop. eye has small red on the white back on the side. mucus/saliva with small blood in mouth Spit.er?
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A 29-year old asked:
My eyeball is bleeding, what should I do?
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Can i wear contact lensee with a bleeding eye?
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A 62-year old female asked:
Bleeding on white part of eye what should I do ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
I keep having reoccurring eye bleeding what is the cause is it common and normal?
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