Subconjunctival haemorrhage: its frequency and clinical features/ Subkonjonktival hemoraji: sikligi ve klinik ozellikleri

Purpose: To determine the frequency of subconjunctival haemorrhage and the associated conditions in patients in the Tatvan-Bitlis region. Material and Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study including all 30 patients with traumatic and spontaneous subconjunctival haemorrhage examined in the ophthalmology clinics at Tatvan State Hospital between November 2008 and December 2009. Result: There were 30 (0.5%) patients with subconjunctival haemorrhage (30 eyes) among 6000 examined patients. Eighteen (60%) patients were women and 12 (40%) were men, with a mean age of 31.2 [+ or -] 16.0 (2-75) years. Among the 30 patients, 14 (46.6%) had traumatic and 16 (53.4%) had spontaneous subconjunctival haemorrhage. The mean age was 35.5 [+ or -] 12.4 and 26.4 [+ or -] 17.9 years for patients with spontaneous and traumatic subconjunctival haemorrhage, respectively (p=0.04). The period of time between the beginning of subconjunctival haemorrhage and initial admittance to the hospital was shorter in cases with spontaneous subconjunctival haemorrhage (