Haemorrhagic Conjunctivitis

At the beginning of the year, in the middle of February, I experienced what is commonly called "sore eyes". I didn't know where I got it from, but a week before I had it, two of my nieces also got it.

At first, I decided to just let it run its course, because from what I read on the Internet, "sore eyes" or conjunctivitis usually goes away after a week. I did not try to treat the dryness and the itchyness of my eyes. Even if both of my eyes were very swollen, i still took comfort at the thought that this will all go away after a week.

However, on the fourth day, I woke up and I noticed bloodstains on my pillow. Looking at the mirror, I saw (in a blurry vision) that there were dried, bloody discharges surrounding my left eye. Again, I stood by my decision to just let it be and not have any medicine from it because from what I read, haemorrhagic conjunctivitis is a self-limiting condition (read: it will go away on its own).

since i failed to take a picture of my own "bloody eyes", i included a picture of how haemorrhagic conjunctivitis looks like (credit to the owner of the pic, www.stlukeseye.com)

But, It had been more than a week and there were still no improvements with both of my eyes. Both would still have bloody discharges, especially after I wake up from sleep. I finally decided to have my eyes checked by an Opthalmologist. In my check up with him, I told him that I did not take any medicine prior to the check up because that was what I thought was best. He told me though that that belief is already untrue, as there are already medicine that can help speed up the healing process.

medicine for my "bloody eyes"

True enough, after several drops of the medicine (Exopred Eye drops), I could already see considerable improvement on both eyes. It felt really good seeing both of my eyes slowly return to normal again. If only I had my eye checked the day I felt I had sore eyes, I wouldn't have waited more than 2 weeks for my eyes to get better. Oh well, a lesson learned. ^_^