blood shot

[Bec8891]

Hi,

I had the preserflo shunt a couple of years ago and all ok.

I have woken up with a red blood shot patch on one eye. Not spread all over the eye, just one blob so to speak.

Is this anything to worry about? I’ve never had a blood shot eye before. Even before the procedure xx

[Rainyday2024]

Hello Bec, I’ve had the occasional blood shot eye and it does look very alarming, but usually it’s nothing to worry about and gradually disappears after either a few hours, or the next day. I think it can be due to a burst blood vessel. It is on your operated eye? After my Paul tube implant, my eye was quite blood shot surrounding the area of the implant. I could only see it if I gently lifted up my eyelid and thankfully it disappeared after a few weeks, but if you are really worried then I would try to get an appointment with your eye consultant just to be on the safe side. x

[Bec8891 in reply to Rainyday2024]

Thank you for replying 🥰

I have shunts in both eyes but it is just in the 1 eye. Just so strange I’ve never had it before and the op was two years ago. I have had no trauma to the eye at alll recently.

I have slightly low blood pressure too whether that is related or not who knows. We have a local eye a&e that I might just get it checked at.

Thank you xxx

[Rainyday2024 in reply to Bec8891]

Hello again Bec, Is your bloodshot eye any better now? Regards, Gill x

[KayGeeBee]

I'm a bit late to this thread, but you can contact Community Urgent Eyecare Service (primaryeyecare.co.uk/servic... for an assessment. I had a red patch that they said was Episcleritis and it cleared after a few days. I've also previously had a burst blood vessel which looked awful but was nothing to worry about, again clearing on its own in a few days.