When you get a blood-red eye


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Bleeding in the eye will usually resolve itself within a couple of days, but do see the doctor if it was the result of an injury or disturbs your vision. — Filepic

Having the white of your eye literally turn blood red looks scary, but is it really serious?

”If it happens spontaneously and for no apparent reason, the redness is often harmless and disappears on its own after a while,” says Dr Philipp Steven, senior physician at Cologne University Hospital's Department of Ophthalmology in Germany.

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