Hyphema in the Eye (Photo)

This photo shows an eye filled with blood. Specifically, the anterior chamber is full of heme, so much that the RBCs have settled in the bottom 40% of the chamber. The upper chamber is still full of sangre, such that no details of the underlying iris can be seen.

Hyphemas like this eventually clear, but may take a long time and there is always the danger of pressure spikes. In this case, the eye required a paracentesis (see our hyphema paracentesis video) to lower the intraocular pressure and avoid glaucoma damage.