FrodosFroYo

You’re absolutely right! Thanks for the correction :)

If you would like to know the formal term, it is vitreous hemorrhage :). I’m so glad it was something treatable and you were able to regain vision!!

A hyphema occurs in the anterior chamber (between cornea and iris), whereas a vitreous hemorrhage occurs in the vitreous chamber (between lens and retina). You can sometimes see a hyphema with the naked eye (blood pools in anterior chamber, and you can see it towards the bottom in front of the iris, or, in severe cases it can cover the entire iris and pupil). A vitreous hemorrhage you can’t see without looking through the pupil.

I’d happily take a hyphema over a hypopyon any day, though.

Edit: Posterior Chamber to Vitreous Chamber

I’m glad I could help! I hope your eyes stay hyphema-free from now on. I can’t imagine it was fun to have a hyphema, and then another one!