The severity of the symptoms, which may include muscle pains, vomiting and confusion, depends on the extent of muscle damage and whether kidney failure develops. The muscle damage may be caused by physical factors, medications, drug abuse, and infections.
Also known as a subconjunctival hemorrhage, a broken blood vessel on the front of the eye is typically a harmless condition (although see below) that clears up within one to three weeks. Subconjunctival is the term used to describe the space located just beneath the conjunctiva (the clear surface of your eye).
Red blood cells normally live for 110 to 120 days. After that, they naturally break down and are most often removed from the circulation by the spleen. Some diseases and processes cause red blood cells to break down too soon. This requires the bone marrow to make more red blood cells than normal. The balance between red blood cell breakdown and production determines how low the red blood cell count becomes. Conditions that can cause hemolysis include: