# Eye problem -- Medical

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-problem-medical/154896>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 13, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-problem-medical/154896 "2003-02-13T19:43:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-problem-medical/154896/1 "2003-02-13T19:43:18Z")

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This morning I noticed a bright red splotch on my eyeball. It’s above and to the right of my iris. There’s no pain, and my vision seems to be normal. Is this serious? Should I schedule a visit to the Health Center, or will it go away in a few days? And also, what could have caused this? I don’t remember banging my eyeball against anything last night, could I have knuckled it in my sleep or something?

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-problem-medical/154896/2 "2003-02-13T20:08:23Z")

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Maybe it’s subconjunctival hemorrhage.

You can read about it [here.](http://www.emedicine.com/aaem/topic424.htm)

[Just for fun, this is the first site that came up when I Googled for “red spot on eyeball.”](http://www.themagicguy.com/opticalsite/redspots.html)

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**Author:** ![yme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yme)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-problem-medical/154896/3 "2003-02-13T20:50:24Z")

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Hmm… \_\_\_\_\_~

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**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-problem-medical/154896/4 "2003-02-13T21:24:22Z")

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Thanks, **Rysdad**. It looks exactly like that picture (although it’s not all over like that). If it’s still around in two weeks, I’ll check it out with a doctor.