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In light of the holiday season, here are our top 10 eye care jokes.

1) What do you call a blind deer?No Eye Deer!

2) What do you call a blind deer with no legs?Still No Eye Deer!

3) Why do eye doctors live long lives?Because they dilate!

4) Why did the blind man fall into the well?He couldn’t see that well.

5) Why shouldn’t you put avocados on your eyes?Because you might get guac-coma!

6) What did the right eye say to the left eye?"Between you and me, something smells."

7) A man goes to his eye...

We commonly see patients who come in saying that their eyes are bleeding.

The patient is usually referring to the white part of their eye, which has turned bright red. The conjunctiva is the outermost layer of the eye and contains very fine blood vessels.  If one of these blood vessels breaks, then the blood spreads out underneath the conjunctiva. This is called a subconjunctival hemorrhage.

A subconjunctival hemorrhage doesn't cause any eye pain or affect your vision in any way. Most of the...