What is the cause of eye pain?

The causes of eye pain are complicated and varied.

The main reasons are external stimulation, infection and abnormal immune system, which lead to eye or orbit lesions.

Disease factors

Depending on the location of the pain, the cause may be different.

Eyeball pain

Sudden and severe pain of eyeball may be foreign body or trichiasis.

Corneal injury, glaucoma

, trigeminal nerve pain and so on.

Only discomfort, often ametropia.

, eye muscle imbalance, etc. ;

Burning, dryness or itching, often chronic conjunctivitis, excessive alcohol and tobacco, keratitis sicca, ametropia and conjunctivitis.

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Severe eye pain, also reflected in the head, may be acute eye inflammation or acute glaucoma.

Orbital pain

Such as orbital cellulitis and sinusitis

herpes zoster

Sexual eye diseases and so on.

Depending on the speed of onset, the cause may be different:

Acute onset: foreign body, trauma, allergy, keratitis and other infections.

, conjunctivitis, iritis, herpes zoster eye disease, etc.

Chronic attack or recurrent attack: dry eye

Trichiasis, sinusitis, etc.

Depending on the accompanying symptoms, the etiology may be different:

Eye pain is accompanied by dryness and tears, photophobia, increased secretion, foreign body sensation and burning sensation, which can be seen in conjunctivitis, keratitis, dry eye and ectropion.

Oculopathy with entropion, trichiasis and herpes zoster can be seen with photophobia, congestion, tears and eyelid spasm.

Eye pain with itching, redness, scales or blisters on eyelids can be seen in blepharitis.

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Eye pain with local eyelid swelling can form abscess, which can be seen in meibomian adenitis.

Eye pain with severe headache and nausea and vomiting can be seen in glaucoma or migraine.

Acute glaucoma can be seen in patients with severe eye pain accompanied by sharp vision loss and systemic symptoms such as headache, nausea and vomiting.

Eye pain, eyelid swelling with local or systemic rash, itching and possible edema are common symptoms of allergic reactions.

Drug factor

Some antihypertensive drugs can cause eye pain or discomfort, such as amlodipine besylate and nifedipine controlled-release tablets.

Some antibiotics may cause drug allergy.

Thereby causing eye discomfort, such as sulfonamides;

Anti-tuberculosis drugs may cause optic neuritis.

Cause eye discomfort, such as ethambutol, isoniazid, streptomycin, etc.

environmental factor

Occupational exposure to chemicals harmful to eyes, such as strong acid and alkali, heavy metals, methanol, ultraviolet lamps, etc., may cause eye damage, and then cause eye pain.

People with allergies may have eye pain when they are exposed to allergens such as pollen and some drugs.

way of life

Do not pay attention to eye hygiene and often rub your eyes with your hands.

Excessive use of eyes, eye fatigue.

Intense antagonistic exercise may cause eye trauma.

The most frequently asked questions of patients

ask

How is the pain in the left eye/right eye?

answer

There are many reasons for the pain in one eye, which should be judged according to whether the eye pain is accompanied by other symptoms and the nature of the pain.

If it is eye fatigue or dry eye, eye pain will be accompanied by dryness, photophobia and other symptoms;

If it's conjunctivitis

ceratitis

Inflammatory diseases, such as increased secretion, dryness, tears and other symptoms;

Systemic diseases may also cause eye pain, usually accompanied by other systemic symptoms;

Such as herpes zoster

Sexual eye disease can also cause pain in one eye, but it is often accompanied by ipsilateral headache, orbital pain, temple pain and facial skin herpes.

Wait for symptoms.