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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Blood over the white of the eye (Subconjunctival hemorrhage): A 65-year-old woman presented to the emergency department because a friend was concerned that the patient was having a stroke. The patient felt fine other than complaining of a cough. Sometimes even minimal trauma, for example coughing, can cause rupture of the very small blood vessels that one sees over the white of the eye. The blood actually sits underneath a clear lining over the white of the eye called the conjunctiva (L.S.)

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