I meant to add that this is a Karma.

First correct answers to both questions wins. Must be to both questions. Take as many stabs at it as you want. Consult anything and anyone you like.

Prize: A $500 donation to your favorite charity. If you have more charities than one you want to donate to, you can choose to split, all summing up to $500.







** Added info (6/22/24) **: There is no light sensitivity, eye pain or itchiness. Vision is not affected. The corneas, irises (or irides), pupils and retinae are all normal (unaffected). There are no problems with the eyelashes and eyebrows.

#1 - What is the condition?

#2 - What is the specific trigger?


** Final info (6/23/24) **: Photo of the same person’s eyes taken 36 hours post-incident. At this point, the condition was about 99% resolved. No medical treatment was rendered, not even OTC.




I’ll let this run until someone gets both answers correct, or until Independence Day, whichever comes first.

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*** 4th July, 2024 ***

ANSWERS:

#1 – The condition/diagnosis: Conjunctival chemosis – Swelling/bubbling of the clear membrane that lines the white part of the eyeball (sclera) and the inside of the eyelid.

#2 – The trigger: Running +.

There’s a little clue in the first two pics (especially the right eye pic) that suggests the patient has just finished exerted himself heavily - the glistening sweat droplets. I was hoping to see if anyone on here has this same condition that is triggered by running that I have experienced for years. But based on the answers, it appears that no one has. And, apparently, it’s not a common thing at all (the trigger, that is), as internet searches (Google, Bing, Brave, DDG) yielded nothing really. There is a little Google’s AI blurp mentiong “strenuous exercise raising eye pressure and disrupting healing after eye surgery” as a cause, but it doesn’t apply here (see below).

It never happened at rest, only during prolonged physical exertion. And, it’s not just any physical exertions. It only happens during running, starting typically 2 to 3 miles in of a 5-mile run. I can physically exert myself sweating profusely working in the yard, and it would never happen. It’s always the running, and only the running. But here is the the damnest thing. It doesn’t happen on every run. There are stretches of periods when it happened 80% of the time, and there are stretches when it’s down to 20%. So, it seems there must be at least one additional factor that has to be present with running to trigger the chemosis. And what it is, I haven’t yet figured out. Hence, “Running +”.

I know it’s not food or medication related. I almost always run fasting. Used to take allopurinol but no longer. No eye surgery. No injuries, no eye rubbing. No pets. Had dogs, but they all went to doggie heaven a while ago, and I still have the problem. Hot (summer) or cold (winter) makes no difference.

Typical environmental allergies that give you the itchy red watery eyes (allergic conjunctivitis)? Like ragweed, pollens, or any pollutants/irritants? None of those. It can happen on low count days, on calm clear days, and even indoor treadmill running. There is no itchy red eyes typical of allergic conjunctivitis. Another fact pointing to not a typical allergic conjunctivitis is, ophthalmic or oral antihistamines have no effect on preventing it, or lessening it once it happens. So, I no longer use/take them. The condition self-resolves fairly quickly, so it’s not an infection.

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WINNER: I know no one got both answers correctly, but I went ahead and picked the first person who got at least one correct answer, conjunctival chemosis, and that person, unsurprisingly, is our SIGforum Official Eye Doc, bcereuss. Congratulations! Please email me your favorite charity.

Thanks, everyone, for playing.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

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Subconjuctival hemorrhage.

Perhaps from a coughing fit or straining too hard.

Just a WAG

Pinguecula, UV exposure

Total guess for fun:


Corneal burn, Welding without adequate protection

Somebody bought a JJ P228 for $250!!!

Looks like a baby had an allergic reaction to the house pet.

Viewed the solar eclipse without taking precautions?

Don't know the name of it. But it's some sort of eye thing.
Am I right?

Meanwhile, I have right now a second case of fatty looking tissue pooching out of my left eye orbit. On the outer side. Setting up a surgery date to get this reduced soon. Had it before on the right. Don't know the name of it either

Burned eyeballs from accidentally walking in on his parents having sex.

Aniridia?
Pregnancy?

I'm going to guess that some lefty saw Trump do something they didn't like and washed their eyes out with bleach.

Argyll-Robertson pupils from Syphilis ?

My best guess is only from my experience. My eyes were close to like that with eye allergies. The pain and irritation drove me crazy.

Macular degeneration

Seems like the eyelashes have been burned off.

Perhaps an accident involving the stove or bbq and subsequent infection.

Eye burn due to rubbing the eyes after handling habaneros, ghost peppers,or reapers.

Waking up to see baby's first pet.
Meow

1. Allergic conjunctival chemosis
2. I’ll guess a pet dog or cat dander

When I was a young boy my allergies would affect my eyes like that. Doctor said Hayfever. Dimetap tastes like fake grape.

Coloboma, likely due to genetic expression.