It's one of the side affects of the Gleevec according to the paperwork I got from Novartis. I circled it and showed it to my eye doctor. They tell me that this is not a serious thing.........My husband and my son both have had this happen at times for no reason. I forgot exactly what can trigger them according to my eye doctor. I think he said stress (which is probably my husband and son's reason, LOL) as well as bending over and lifting stuff. I did none of those things when my worst one happened..was just sitting in the chair and noticed some pain in the right eye. Got up and took a look, it was bad. I called my Onc/Hem doctor and they told me to go see my eye dr. I had just had one two weeks prior, so kind of scared me. Needless to say, when I went to see my Onc./Hem. a week later, I still had the bloody eye and showed it to her, plus the paperwork from Novartis. She told me to let her know if this did not clear up soon, she would send me to an ophthalmologist as I may have some blood vessels that need cauterizing....but, it cleared up on it's own and I've not had another one in quite a while.
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