Broken Vessel slight pain?

[condor95]

Okay so over memorial day weekend I had a nasty cold and I was coughing and sneezing horribly near the end of the weekend when I was getting over it and behold I noticed a broken blood vessel in my eye.  I still have it and don't really notice much change, but it may be getting smaller actually I don't know, and up until yesterday I started having a slight headache and acheness in my eyes (both eyes, right one has the vessel.) but it only really started when I started thinking about it.  I am very scared, but is it possibly my anxiety could be causing the pain?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[condor95]

Okay. Thank you very much. The anxiety thing explains the partial headache and eye pains.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

varies with the amount of blood from a day or two to as long as 2-3 weeks to be white like before
JC MD

[condor95]

Thank you so much! That helps. So around how long until it heals? I believe I got it around Saturday or Sunday

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

That type of problem is usually caused by a subconjunctival hemorrhage and is normally harmless unless a person is on blood thinners. Sometimes the blood can cause minor irritation but most pain is due to worry and anxiety over the scary appearance of the eye.

JCHMD