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Symptom: Eye pain



Introduction: Eye pain

Eye pain: Pain affecting the eye. See free access online books about Eye pain below. See detailed information below for a list of 203 causes of Eye pain, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Eye pain:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Eye pain. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Eye pain:

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See full list of 23 types for Eye pain

Eye pain: Multiple Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Eye pain, as listed in our database. Visit the Multiple Symptoms Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Eye pain

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Eye pain

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Diagnostic Guides for Eye pain

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Eye pain from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Eye pain. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Eye pain

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care"
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)"
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis"
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses"
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms"

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

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Diagnostic tests for Eye pain:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Eye pain. Some of these are listed below :

  • Physical examination
    • Visual acuity (vision testing of the eye)
    • Inspect the eye noting the nature of redness, if present. This will help delineate episcleritis, scleritis, uveitis and glaucoma
    • Look for any irregularity of the iris
    • A dilated pupil would suggest glaucoma, a small constricted pupil may suggest acute iritis

See full list of 12 diagnostic tests for Eye pain

Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Eye pain. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

  • How long have you had eye pain? - to determine if acute or chronic.
  • What is the severity of the pain? - e.g. eye pain from glaucoma and acute iritis is severe; conjunctivitis may cause merely a gritty irritation of the eye.
  • Is there a history of eye trauma? - may indicate an intraocular foreign body from a penetrating eye injury.
  • Have you had a cold or running nose recently? - may indicate viral conjunctivitis.
  • Is there a history of exposure of a red discharging eye at school, work or home? - may indicate bacterial conjunctivitis.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Eye pain (16 listings)

Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Eye pain) may include:

  • Redness of the eye? - suggests definite eye disease such as herpes zoster, iritis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, foreign body, glaucoma, scleritis, cluster headache, cavernous sinus thrombosis or orbital cellulitis. If nil eye redness may suggest migraine, influenza, sinusitis, glaucoma, optic neuritis or retinal detachment.
  • Swelling around the eye? - may suggest cavernous sinus thrombosis or herpes zoster.
  • Rash around the eye? - may suggest herpes zoster infection.
  • Headache? - may suggest migraine or cluster headache.
  • Visual loss? - may suggest glaucoma, herpes simplex infection, iritis or corneal ulceration.

See Diagnosis Checklist for Eye pain (16 listings)

Stories from Users for Eye pain

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Causes of Eye pain listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Eye pain as a symptom include:

See full list of 203 causes of Eye pain
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Medications or substances causing Eye pain:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Eye pain as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Caramiphen and Phenylpropanolamine
  • Ordrine AT Extended Release Capsule
  • Rescaps-D S.R. Capsule
  • Tuss-Allergine Modified T.D. Capsule
  • Tuss-Genade Modified Capsule

See full list of 106 medications causing Eye pain

Organs affected by Eye pain:

The list of organs typically affected by Eye pain may include, but is not limited to:

Detailed list of causes of Eye pain

The list below shows some of the causes of Eye pain mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 203 causes of Eye pain

How Common are these Causes of Eye pain?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Eye pain. Of the 203 causes of Eye pain that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 9 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 7 causes are "common" diseases
  • 7 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 7 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 179 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 203 causes of Eye pain

Conditions listing symptoms: Eye pain:

The following list of conditions have 'Eye pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acanthamoeba infection ... severe eye pain
  • Acanthamoeba infection of the eye ... severe eye pain
  • Acanthamoeba keratitis ... severe eye pain
  • Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome ... eye pain
  • Acute zonal occult outer retinopathy ... eye pain
  • Age-related macular degeneration ... no eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 1 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 2 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 3 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 4 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 5 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 6 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 7 ... eye pain
  • Aneurysm, intracranial berry, 8 ... eye pain
  • Angiostrongyliasis ... eye pain
  • Asthenopia ... eye pain

    B

  • Barre-Lieou syndrome ... eye pain
  • Benign mucosal pemphigoid ... sore eyes
  • Birdshot chorioretinopathy ... eye pain
  • Blepharitis ... dry eye, foreign body in the eye sensation
  • Brown-McLean syndrome ... eye pain, foreign body sensation

    C

  • Charlin's syndrome ... severe eye pain
  • Closed-angle glaucoma ... tender eyeball, severe eye pain
  • Cluster headache ... eye pain
  • Conjunctivitis ... eye pain, eye discomfort, gritty eye
  • Corneal abrasion ... eye pain
  • Corneal Dystrophies ... eye pain, episodic eye pain
  • Corneal dystrophy, epithelial basement membrane ... eye pain, foreign body sensation
  • Corneal flash burns ... eye pain
  • Corneal ulcer ... eye pain
  • Cranial neuralgia ... Eye pain
  • Crohn's disease ... eye pain
  • Cytomegalovirus retinitis ... eye pain

    D

  • Dehydration ... no tears when crying
  • Dentatorubral pallidoluysian disorder ... Eye pain
  • Dry Eye ... eye pain, scratchy eye feeling, dry eye feeling, burning eye, sandy eye feeling

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia ... dry eyes
  • Entropion ... sore eyes
  • Eye conditions ... Eye pain
  • Eye foreign body ... scratchy feeling in eye, severe eye pain

    F

  • Familial rectal pain ... eye pain
  • Flavivirus Infections ... eye pain

    G

  • Glaucoma ... mild one-sided eye pain, mild eye pain, tender eyeball, severe eye pain
  • Grayson-Willbrandt syndrome ... eye pain

    H

  • Herpes zoster oticus ... dry eyes
  • Herpetic keratitis ... eye pain
  • Hyphema ... eye pain

    I

  • Iridocyclitis ... eye pain

    K

  • Keratitis ... severe eye pain
  • Keratitis fugax hereditaria ... eye pain
  • Keratitis, hereditary ... eye pain
  • Keratomalacia ... dry eyes

    L

  • Lattice dystrophy ... eye pain
  • Lens disorders ... Eye pain

    M

  • Macular dystrophy, corneal type 1 ... eye pain
  • Map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy. ... eye pain, foreign body sensation in the eye
  • Marijuana abuse ... dry eyes
  • Meibomitis ... dry eye
  • Migraine ... pain over one eye
  • Multifocal choroiditis ... eye pain
  • Multifocal fibrosclerosis ... eye pain
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... eye pain
  • Mycosis fungoides ... eye pain
  • Mycosis fungoides, familial ... eye pain

    N

  • Night blindness ... dry eyes

    O

  • Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid ... eye pain, dry eye
  • Ocular convergence spasm ... eye pain
  • Open-angle glaucoma ... mild one-sided eye pain, mild eye pain
  • Ophthalmitis ... Eye pain
  • Ophthalmoplegia ... Eye pain
  • Orbital lymphangioma ... eye pain
  • Orbital lymphoma ... eye pain

    P

  • Panophthalmitis ... eye pain
  • Panuveitis ... eye pain
  • Papilloedema ... Eye pain
  • Pineal Teratoma ... eye pain
  • Pinealoma ... eye pain
  • Pineoblastoma, adult ... eye pain
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis ... dry eyes

    R

  • Reiter’s syndrome ... eye pain
  • Retina Conditions ... Eye pain
  • Retinal detachment ... no eye pain
  • Retinal tear ... Eye pain
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma of the orbit ... eye pain
  • Rheumatoid arthritis ... dry eyes
  • Rosacea ... sandy eye, foreign body eye sensation

    S

  • Sarcoidosis ... eye pain
  • Scleritis ... eye pain
  • Sinusitis ... pain between eyes
  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... Symptoms caused by dry eyes:, dry eyes, dry eyes, gritty eyes, gritty eyes, foreign body sensation
  • Sjogren's syndrome, juvenile, secondary to autoimmune disease ... dry eyes
  • Sticky eye ... Eye pain
  • SUNCT headache ... eye pain

    T

  • Trachoma ... eye pain
  • Trichinosis ... eye pain
  • Tuberculous uveitis ... eye pain

    U

  • Uveal diseases ... Deep eye pain
  • Uveal melanoma ... Deep eye pain
  • Uveitis ... Deep eye pain

    V

  • Vernal keratoconjunctivitis ... Foreign body sensation
  • Vitamin A deficiency ... dry eyes

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... eye pain

    X

  • X-linked agammaglobulinaemia ... Eye pain

    Conditions listing complications: Eye pain:

    The following list of conditions have 'Eye pain' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    B

  • Blepharitis ... dry eye

    E

  • Eye foreign body ... dry eye

    H

  • Hyperopia ... eye discomfort

    N

  • Non-Specific Urethritis ... sore eyes

    S

  • Sjogren's Syndrome ... dry eyes

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  • Causes of Eye pain Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Eye pain based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
  • Sexual activity - history of sexual behavior?

    Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Eye pain?

    Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Eye pain, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
    Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :

    Classifications of Eye pain:

    Subtypes of Eye pain:

    Dry eye (15 causes), Foreign body eye sensation (10 causes), Sore eyes (2 causes), Eye discomfort (1 cause), Aching eyes, Eye dryness

    Medical Conditions associated with Eye pain:

    Pain (2930 causes), Eye symptoms (2159 causes), Sensations (3151 causes), Nerve symptoms (3442 causes), Common symptoms (4525 causes)

    Symptoms related to Eye pain:

    Eye discomfort (1 cause), Eye injury, Blurred vision (452 causes), Vision changes (1267 causes), Eye symptoms (2159 causes)

    Eye pain as a disease:

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