Eye Pain Overview

Eye pain is one of the most common reasons that many people seek help from their ophthalmologist. Many people describe this pain in eyes to be sharp, dull, aching, burning, throbbing, stabbing, or just a pain behind eye lids.

Pain Behind Eye Pain

Causes of pain can be either ocular or orbital. Ocular pain in eyes is a pain that comes from the outer structure of the surface of the eye. Conjunctivitis is one of the most common causes of pain in eyes that comes from an allergic, bacterial, chemical, or viral inflammation of the conjunctiva. Pain in eyes that suffer with conjunctivitis is usually mild and there may also be some itching and redness.

Corneal abrasions and corneal ulcerations are other causes of pain and pain in eyes of these conditions can be very painful. Chemical burns are significant causes of pain and pain in eyes of chemical burns can result in permanent vision loss.

Blepharitis is another cause of eye pain and this is pain in eyes where the eyelids are inflamed. The cause of this is usually plugged oil glands.

Orbital pain is pain behind or in the eyes and this can often suggest diseases of the eye. Severe glaucoma can be a cause of orbital pain. Iritis causes deep pain in eyes where the iris is inflamed. Optic Neuritis causes orbital pain in eyes where the optic nerve is inflamed. This nerve connects to the back of the eye and multiple sclerosis is a common disease associated with this.

A migraine headache and eye pain is also very common as is sharp pain in the eye caused by trauma.

Symptoms And Treatment

Some of the symptoms to look out for are pain in or around the eye, partial or complete loss of vision, extreme light sensitivity, double vision, halos, floaters, eye movement pain, headache and eye pain, and sensation and flashes of light.

When you explain these symptoms to your eye care specialist they may see them as signs of eye problems. Redness of the white of the eye is a sign of conjunctivitis and this may need treatment. If you suffer from pain and you are in anyway worried be sure to contact your eye care specialist for an assessment.

 
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