• Cerebral Palsy
• Erb’s Palsy
• Klumpke’s Palsy
• Brachial Plexus
• Brain Damage
• Fractured Extremeties
• Infant Paralysis
• Facial Paralysis
• Caput Succedaneum
• Cephalohematoma
• Bruising/Forecep Marks
• Sub-conjunctival Hemorrhage

Sub-conjunctival Hemorrhage

A sub-conjunctival hemorrhage is slight bleeding in the whites of an infant's eyes. It is caused by the rupture of tiny blood vessels in the conjunctiva, the clear film that lines the whites of the eyes. It may show up as a triangular area of red in the white of the eye, or as a circle of red around the iris. After a while, the blood may diminish and change colors to purple or yellow, like a bruise.

Sub-conjunctival hemorrhage is ordinary in infants because birth puts a lot of strain on a baby's body. It is also normally caused by forceps and vacuum delivery, both of which can cause extra distress to the baby during the birthing process because of their added physical force. It may look frighten the parents of a newborn baby, but it should go away in about ten days with no lasting injury. However, because it's a mark of physical trauma, a sub-conjunctival hemorrhage may represent other, more severe birth injuries caused by external forces on a baby, like facial paralysis or Erb's Palsy.

If your child suffers from these symptoms or has been diagnosed with sub-conjunctival hemorrhage, you should immediately speak to an experienced Orlando birth injury attorney. Click here for help.