Causes Of Eye Pain

Eye pain is an issue, which should not be taken lightly and you should seek solutions for the same immediately. There are various factors that can damage your eyes and cause this pain and hence you should find the causes of these pains and get treatment for the same. Some of the most common causes of eye pain are when you have something embedded in your eye or somebody has punched you right near the eye. There can also be a dull ache around your eyes and if this persists for more than two days, you should consult a doctor.

The sudden or piercing pain in your eyes should not be left alone for a long time too. Remember that if the pain in the eye is accompanied by a change in your vision or follows with headaches, nausea or sensitivity to light, then you should consult a doctor. The eyes are always referred to as the most sensitive organs in the human body and this is because they are honeycombed with pain receptors. Our eyes are extremely sensitive and they have finely tuned nerve endings, which protect these vital organs.

Hence the slightest insult to the surface, which includes blast of cold, dry air or an even an inward growing eyelash, can stimulate these nerves and result in a pain signal to your brain. This leads to the eyes being scratchy and feeling intense pain. Apart from this there are other factors inside your body which can also cause these pains and trigger the eye's hypersensitive receptors. Some of these factors include a sinus infection that ignites the adjacent muscles. For instance, even a light trigger or throbbing leads to sharp pains behind the eye socket.

In such cases even the simple activity like rolling your eyes can hurt and if you keep your eyes too still for too long, then this can also strain the muscles, which are responsible for moving the eyes into their proper position. During these periods you feel a dull ache around your eyes and this is most commonly seen in people who are staring at spreadsheets on computer screens for hours or have been reading pages after pages of a thick novel. Also remember that reading in dim or the overhead lighting is too harsh and causes further pain in the eyes.

Also wearing ill-fitting glasses or using the outdated prescription lenses can strain surrounding muscles. Researches have shown that often the pain you feel in your eyes originates elsewhere in the body and the eye pain can be the result of a headache or pain in the facial muscles caused by tension. However if the pain is severe and the eyes become blurry along with poor vision then you should try and wash your eyes with cold water.

It should be kept in mind that any kind of persistent eye soreness or sudden eye pain would need a doctor's evaluation and medical treatment. If you have uveitis or related problems then you would also need to take an anti-inflammatory medication to reduce the swollen tissues that pressure the nerves.

• Cassandra Bagley
• 19/03/2009, 12:59 PM
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