What's with my eye?

June 29, 2007 5:26 PM

What's up with my eye?

My eye was bothering me a little bit (for about the last hour)but I hadn't mentioned anything and then my boyfriend noticed this mega-blood vessel he says normally isn't there. I don't have anything similar in the other eye. I am pregnant so I am guessing could be a result of that.

to chk out the pic (gross up close eye ball pic)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/58699128@N00/665206046/

Am i gonna die?

posted by beccaj to Health & Fitness (7 answers total)

Best answer: IANAD, but this Yahoo Answer seems to offer some comfort. The other information that came up when I googled about blood vessels, eye, and pregnancy had to do with gestational diabetes causing problems in the retina, so if you've had any eye blurring or other issues with your vision, you should check in with your OB, and maybe an opthamologist.
posted by truenorth at 5:40 PM on June 29, 2007

Assuming your brain doesn't fall out through your eyehole, you'll be fine.

It looks like it's just kind of bloodshot like mine get whenever they get irritated (allergies, or like if I get an eyelash stuck under in there and have to fish it out, or if I get poked in the eye)

Have you been rubbing it? That's supposed to help
posted by aubilenon at 6:01 PM on June 29, 2007

Response by poster: Well I have had a broken blood vessel in my eye before from getting hit. But it's not actually broken. Just enlarged to the point of actually being puffed over the normal surface of the eye so I can feel it.

Thanks
posted by beccaj at 6:06 PM on June 29, 2007

If you wear contact lenses, STOP. At least till after you see a doctor about whatever it is.
posted by davy at 11:31 PM on June 29, 2007

I thought people got those all the time?
posted by BrotherCaine at 12:57 AM on June 30, 2007

Have you been coughing or sneezing lately? I've had blood vessels react like yours during bad colds.
posted by Carol Anne at 5:49 AM on June 30, 2007

Best answer: IANAD, but if it will cheer you up any, I get those every so often, except mine bleed into the eyeball and look seriously gross. My mother took hers to the eyeball doctor, and he laughed at her, so we haven't bothered to show them to anyone since. (Apparently, the tendency is inherited.)
Since you're pregnant and all, why don't you call the doctor and tell him? S/he should be able to tell you if they want you to be seen and if so, by whom.
posted by unrepentanthippie at 11:24 AM on June 30, 2007