emboligirl reported:
"my gp says it can't be because my INR was 2.4 at the time "

Well, I don't see why not since we know that some people can get DVTs and PEs while on Coumadin and reportably in range.

I'm sure it wouldn't be common but.......... it's listed on possible causes for subconjunctival eye hemorrhage.

Do you know if the hem. is in the vitreous humor? (I'd imagine that if it were on the retina you would have known!)

http://www.formulamedical.com/topics/head&neck/eye%20hemorrhages.htm

EmboliGirl,

Here is what I went through a few months ago (picture is actually me):

http://patientblog.clotconnect.org/2012/07/04/red-eye-subconjunctival-bleed-on-blood-thinner/

My INR at the time was 1.8 (was on low intensity Warfarin Treatment - PREVENT) at the time.

Mine took about 3-4 weeks to return to normal.

R/Tom

RetNav

Eww-ww! (grin) I hope that wasn't painful. (You could have been hired as an extra in a horror flick.)

Not painful at all. Was talking to a co-worker when he said whats wrong with your eye, told him it was a little itchy then he said to check it out in the mirror immediately.

My 12 y.o. daughter wouldn't look me in the eye though for weeks (lol)...

Figured when this happened, would ask Dr. Moll to write a short article about the condition for the website. Sad thing is we were on vacation during the recovery process in Florida so forgot to take pictures of the eye as things went from bright red to pink and back to white just to show the transition during the recovery process.

as soon as i found out i went home and googled and ive been worried i'll end up looking like an albino rabbit. mine is at the back of my eye and the eye doc said it's extremely rare to feel pain or even have vision problems. usually found incidently or when it hits the front part of your eye

GOOGLE... keeping people scared shitless since the mid 90s.

Tom, every time I've seen that pic of your eye, it gives me the willies!

You know what too. That's so weird your GP would insist it's not from warfarin. I mean, this can happen if you're on warfarin or not, but this idea that you aren't more prone to bleeding and what not if your INR is in range is just dumb thinking. Being on warfarin alone increases your risk for bleeding in general.

I've had some doozies like Tom's, and oddly enough my INR is almost always on the low-ish side when I test it as a result. In fact I just healed from a really attractive one that arrived just in time for Christmas :P

Both my optometrist and hematologist have said that this is more common in people on anticoagulants, but not harmful provided it doesn't affect your vision or hurt. Sometimes I feel a little *pull* when I look to the side, but no pain.

My GP actually referred me to ophthalmology (5 month wait) since I seem to always get mine in the same area. If there's a weaker vessel it's possible they might cauterize it.

I don't know if it's at all related, but I do notice the blood vessels in my eyes are much more visible now than they used to be, in general.

I remember when they found the DVT in my leg and started me on Lovenox that one of the treating doctors was worried because I had some broken blood vessels in one eye. I think she kept checking it. I didn't know why they were so worried then...

A year and a half before my PE, I was working as a carpenter on a deck. Cutting overhead. I was wearing baseball cap and glasses which keeps most of the debris out of my eyes, but because of the cap It blocked my vision enough so I hit my head HARD twice on a beam. I took the hat off and then got sawdust and dust in my eyes. The next morning at the coffee shop they were startled at the blood in my L eye. I was also when I looked in the mirror. Just to be conservative I went to the ER. There a young nurse came out and sent me away and made an appointment with a doctor at 8am an hour later. The doctor wasn't sure what to do so she called ophthalmology At 11am I saw the doctor there and he found a scratched cornea . But I had then remembered I had hit my head hard and told him. He then stated I should have gone to the ER right away and not wait until 11am as I could have lost my eye. I was on a whole aspirin and 2000 IU of Vitamin E at the time. These in my experience really do slow clotting.

Retirednavy, when you had yours did your eye tear and water? I came down with a red left eye yesterday. Its not as red as your photo, more pink, and at night it is watering. I am on coumadin and my last test was 2.7. I am 2 months past my diagnosis with pe and dvt

You sure it's not Pink Eye?

I guess it could be pink eye. I havent had pink eye in a long time so i dont remember what it was like. My eye feels pretty dry and like i cant open it as wide as the other, i just seem to get stressed over everything ever since my diagnosis.

Yes I had one in my right eye and both eye dr and PCP said it was
probably not caused by warfarin. I do have glaucoma and high pressure in eyes if not on drops, And it was on the inside of my eye
you could not see it from the outside.

The eye guy put me on more drops for about 3 months and the bleeder is
gone. He still wants me to use the drops just in case.

Saw my PCP yesterday. It was just a standard case of pink eye. She prescribed some eye drops (Bacterim).
I have heard when you use antibiotics it might affect your INR. Does anyone know of this is true of the antobiotic eye drops as well?