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Hyphema Home Care: Warning Signs

Notify your doctor if you have a hyphema and any of the following:

Worsening bleeding in the eye
The colored part of your eye is covered with blood
Worsening cloudiness of the cornea
Double vision
Worsening vision
Worsening eye pain
Pus draining from the eye

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Blowout fracture of the orbit
Blurred vision
Eye injury
Ruptured globe
Vision impairment
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Eye injury
Eye pain
Eye redness
Vision change
Vision loss

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Last Updated: Nov 7, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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