I have an eye hemorrhage. It doesn't hurt...no vision changes, etc., it just suddenly appeared. Could this be connected to my PMR or prednisone. I am presently on 8m...almost 3 years into PMR.
Thanks!
My husband gets them periodically. His is due to blood thinners according to the Dr. A sneeze or a cough can cause them. I am not sure if pred thins the blood but it sure thins the skin.
I've had a few, either too much exertion or more recently blood thinners. Bright red at first but fade and disappear over about a week.
I had them too before PMR and pred. Looks very scary, but when I saw an eye doctor, he pretty much said it's nothing to worry about. I don't' take any blood thinners or have any blood pressure issue. I had one a month ago too. After a few days it slowly disappeared.
I woke up to this a couple of weeks ago. Looked very scary but dr said nothing to worry about. She said could be pred related but happens to people who don't take pred too.
I had a couple of spectacular nose bleeds after I'd been onPred. for a considerable time ( eight years in all). Not sure if any connection but the routine cauterising procedure fixed it.
As robbie says, thin skin and pred. ARE connected and the colourful bruises we all know about are little bleeds, I believe.
Some people suffer from them a lot when on pred - as long as it is just on the white of your eye and it doesn't hurt or itch it's probably nothing to worry about.
Here's an extract with the low down:
"The hemorrhage itself is an obvious, sharply outlined bright red area overlying the sclera. The entire white part of the eye may occasionally be covered by blood.
In a spontaneous subconjunctival hemorrhage, no blood will exit from the eye. If one blots the eye with a tissue, there should be no blood on the tissue.
The hemorrhage will appear larger within the first 24 hours after its onset and then will slowly decrease in size as the blood is absorbed.
Call a primary-care provider or ophthalmologist (a medical doctor who specializes in eye care and surgery) if the subconjunctival hemorrhage does not get better within two weeks or if it has happened multiple times.
Also, call your health-care provider if you have a hemorrhage in both eyes at the same time or if the subconjunctival hemorrhage coincides with a new onset of easy bruising or bleeding gums.
Go to a doctor immediately if the subconjunctival hemorrhage is associated with
- pain,
- changes in vision (for example, blurry vision, double vision, difficulty seeing),
- a history of recent injury or trauma, and
- a history of bleeding disorder."
Thank you for your input!
i really appreciate the quick replies from my friends in this forum!!
i will "keep an eye on it"...no pun intended😊 You must sleep at your computer, Eileen....or else you walk around with your laptop or iPad and never stop "working"! You are truly a gift and I appreciate that you never sleep😃 Thank you!
I had them too, and my Eye Doctor told me that taking a daily baby aspirin can cause this. I don't take the aspirin anymore, and I am fine.
I read the papers on-line (though that takes a lot less time than it did as I added another rag to the banned list after Brexit!) so I see stuff as it arrives, and yes, I spend about 4 or 5 hours a day doing this, emptying my email inbox - this is just 1 of 3 PMR/GCA forums in the UK and I regard it as my voluntary work! I started here 8 years ago and got involved with the NE of England PMRGCA charity, which added another forum. The the third happened - and I couldn't bear to see rubbish advice so I bit the bullet and interfere there too 
I've worked in medically-aligned fields all my life - I would feel so bad about not sharing what I have learnt in that time. It keeps the little grey cells ticking over in old age...
and so say all of us ! Happy Christmas all
I also had several of these hemoraghes during my second year on prednisone. ( I was not taking any other medications) the opthalmologist said they were nothing to worry about unless accompanied by other symptoms such as those listed by Eileen. the occurences stopped in my third year on prednisone.
I had them in the first 18 months on pred - when the dose was above around15mg. However I haven't had one since reducing from that dose.
I think it is amazing that you have the patience to repeat the sound recommendations, often to the same person (me!), over and over again as we suffer through the brain fog of the prednisone😊
I get them, got them before pred, increased when on higher doses, now onlu occasional again. Eye drops (the artificial tears) were recommended to my by my eye doctor and they do seem to make the redness disappear more quickly - good to try if you don't want to terrify small children!
At least you listen. *Some* people ask the same questions over and over again expecting a different answer!
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Thank you for all the replies! The red blob is already dissipating...I am using the artificial drops😊