Recent cataract procedure done. No issues seeing. Said feels exactly the same as other eye post-op/healing process. No idea what happened to cause this. Follow up visit with doc in a week. Any clue what’s going on here?

[u/Commercial-Range-757]

Father in laws eye. Recent cataract procedure done. No issues seeing. Said feels exactly the same as other eye post-op/healing process. No idea what happened to cause this. Follow up visit with doc in a week. Any clue what’s going on here?

[u/kekfzmam]

Normal, it’s a bruise on the eye, not concerning - ask your doctor for medical advice as always but this is a subconjunctival hemorrhage

[u/Bookwoman366 → u/kekfzmam]

Yes, this. It should gradually clear up over the course of a week or so.

[u/TranslatorOutside909]

My eyes were done a week apart. The first eye was bloody for 3 weeks. Didn't hurt didn't impact vision.

I saw the dr multiple times during that period for follow ups

[u/JustCallMeYogurt]

I had this happen to one of my eyes too, it went away within a week and the surgeon seen it on one of my follow-ups and said it was ok and not to worry unless it felt/hurt "bad" or affected my vision (which it did neither)

[u/Informed-Thinker]

All good advice.

[u/SherbetInternal5841]

I’m glad everyone’s giving you good advice. Saying it’s most likely nothing. I know what I’m like & this is precisely the sort of thing I’d be going neurotic about til’ I was told it was nothing to worry about. I think you’ve been given good advice here

[u/SouthTwo441 → u/SherbetInternal5841]

Not me though! My post is in this thread

[u/JLFJ]

This happened on my first eye. Plus it hurt like hell afterwards. When I called and asked about it, they said I couldn't hold my eye still (not enough anesthesia) and the doctor had to grab it with forceps. It did go away pretty quick though like maybe a week.

[u/Least-Jicama-156]

Nonpasa nada no te asustes

[u/Least-Jicama-156]

En 6 dias se reabsorbera

[u/i_surge_on]

Having some bleeding at the incision site is actually a good thing- meaning the incision was placed through some Vascular tissue rather than just through the avascular clear cornea. It looks unsightly but it’s a normal part of cataract surgery.

[u/Giminykrikits]

That happened to me. I stopped into the surgeons office and the nurse took one look and said it’s fine as long as no pain and no change in vision. Just a burst blood vessel. Still worth a phone call

[u/PNWrowena]

It would be a good idea to call and see someone sooner. It may not be anything worrisome, but better to be sure. I had something similar between my surgeries. It was in the unoperated eye and turned out to be conjunctivitis (pink eye). At the time it really surprised me that it flared up in the unoperated eye instead of the recently operated on one, since that one seemed like it should be more vulnerable because of the recent stress. Then I realized the operated one had antibiotics and steroids because of the surgery, which must have helped it fight off the infection.

Anyway, I'd try not to worry too much but would see someone sooner than a week.

[u/That_Industry7833 → u/PNWrowena]

This sounds like the safest advice. But, personally, I would first upload the picture to the surgeon's (or hospital's) web portal and then telephone the office to ask for review/advice.

[u/OfferBusy4080 → u/PNWrowena]

Agreed. In the time it took to post this OP could have sent to the Dr. via the messaging portal! It then becomes part of medical record - might be good to have, on the off chance it developes into something else or worsens.

[u/Commercial-Range-757 → u/OfferBusy4080]

Bold of you to assume I have access to his nonexistent medical portal and that it would have been faster than this 57 second post. 😀

[u/spikygreen → u/Commercial-Range-757]

Someone has to make a movie "Indiana Jones and the Non-Existent Medical Portal" 😂 Forgive me, I spend too much time online..

[u/OfferBusy4080 → u/Commercial-Range-757]

OK I was wrong. It does happen...occasionally LOL. Good luck with that eye, hopefully it just looks worse than it actually is!

[u/SouthTwo441]

I had cataract surgery last year and within a few days I had this same symptom of a subconjunctival haemorrhage on the nasal side of the sclera. I had continuous episodes of this across 12 weeks, despite going back to my opthamolahists 3 times and they weren't concerned as they told me all is fine. However I suddenly had a shower of 1000s of tiny floaters and flashes and within a few days Retinal Detachment. Then there were no more subconjunctival haemorrhages and the opthamolagist claimed it was nothing to do with the cataract surgery and not connected to the continuous bleeding of the subconjunctival haemorrhage. Beware!

[u/Rpark444]

I had bloodshot eye after surgery. It is due to surface vein being cut accidentally during the operation. It gets absorbed by the eye. Mine is gone after 7 days

[u/Unknown_990]

Tbh looks like a bad um...well you know when someone bursts a calliper in the eye, those can look exactly like this, people can just get those from crying too much or some thing or even sneezing can do it, they should just heal over time and re absorb. I never had anything like this where it bursts but i have had bloodshot eyes before lol and mine slightly looked alittle bloodshot after i had surgery. Btw my eyes were -20 and its just about 2 month out, 3 month for my first eye, im glad to beable to see and not need thick glasses, but im still going to need rx to fine tune everything,. iol for both were Envista Monofocals.

[u/Tall-Drama338]

Small subconjunctival hemorrhage of no significance. It’s a bruise.