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What Is a Subconjunctival Hemorrhage? Subconjunctival hemorrhage is red lines or spots on the part of the eye that is usually white. The redness is usually harmless and painless. You may not know your eyes are red until someone tells you or you look in a mirror. How Does the Hemorrhage Occur? The conjunctiva is the thin sheet of transparent tissue that covers the sclera (the white part of your eye). It contains many blood vessels that are usually too small to see.
While it can be alarming to awaken to what appears to be a bleeding eye, a subconjunctival hemorrhage is usually harmless, with the visible blood resulting from a simple broken blood vessel. The white part of your eye, known as the sclera, is covered by a thin, clear tissue called the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva also lines the inside of your eyelid, housing a meshwork of small, thin blood vessels. These small blood vessels are fairly fragile and can easily burst or break.