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Medical Forum / General / Vision / July 2005weird "bubble" on my eye
Twice now I've fallen asleep on the couch and when I woke up there was a clear "skin bubble" on the lower right, outside corner, of my right eye. The bubble sort of wrinkles up if I push on the lower lid, otherwise it's flat but obviously not firmly attached to the eye. It kind of looks like a blister you would get on your skin. Do I have something wrong with my eyes or is this natural if I might have rubbed it too hard during the night? Maybe I'm allergic to something in the couch. Last time it went away in about a day or two but was really irritating and itchy. I'm hoping it goes away the same way this time too. How common is this? Thanks folks. > Twice now I've fallen asleep on the couch and when I woke up there was > a clear "skin bubble" on the lower right, outside corner, of my right [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Thanks folks. It is essentially a blister: fluid under the conjunctiva (transparent "skin" over the white of the eye) which is loosely attached. The technical name is chemosis. Most often due to allergy or sensitivity to something that you got into the eye. The itching strongly suggests allergy. As you age the conjunctiva can get loose and more prone to this problem. Did you sleep on your right side-- it may simply be mild edema under loose conjunctiva. Dr Judy That's what it sounds like, thanks. Since I've had LASIK I've been super careful with my eyes so any little thing makes me nervous. It's been over 5 years and I'm still at 20:15 vision (just went for a flight physical this week and checked). Best money I've ever spent in my life. Period. That's what it sounds like, thanks. Since I've had LASIK I've been super careful with my eyes so any little thing makes me nervous. It's been over 5 years and I'm still at 20:15 vision (just went for a flight physical this week and checked). Best money I've ever spent in my life. Period. Hi Folks - IMO you should take your symptoms seriously, and take yourself straight to an allergist. Some 40 - odd years ago, my sister developed similar, but far worse symptoms, it seems. After a family outing to a Chinese restaurant, her conjunctiva or cornea (or both, I can't recall, exactly) swelled up like a balloon, which necessitated our taking her to the ER of the local hospital. It turned out that she had a severe, previously undiagnosed allergy to mustard, and she had been playing with the plastic cups full of very hot Chinese mustard. She probably had rubbed her eyes. She's now 45, and since eating or touching mustard sends her straight into anaphylactic shock, she has had to carry around an emergency kit of injectible epinephrine and Benadryl all of her life. I don't know how common, exactly, anaphylaxis is, but everyone on both sides of the family tends to be extremely allergy-prone. In my case I just itch a lot of the time (atopic syndrome), but my sister's allergy, of course, is potentially life threatening. Best regards, Fran >> Twice now I've fallen asleep on the couch and when I woke up there was >> a clear "skin bubble" on the lower right, outside corner, of my right [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Dr Judy > Hi Folks - > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Best regards, > Fran Fran, kinda of an over-reaction here. Bulbar chemosis from an allergic reaction does have MUCH more symptoms than a localized garden variety conj cyst (which is very common). Intense swelling and itching is a hallmark whereas a simple cyst is usually not even noticeable for most people. frank |
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