Understanding your eyes and its pains

Posted on November 30, 2009 with No Comments

When one gets a certain eye pain, they either seek medical help from their ophthalmologist or perform eye pain treatment on their own. When the eye pain subsides, though most would not bother to know the causes of the eye pain, the total well-being of their eyes and what eye pain symptoms should be treated by professionals and those that can do on their own.

Causes of eye pain are either ocular pain or orbital pain. Ocular pain comes from the other structures of the eye surface, while orbital pain is that deep, dull ache in the eye or behind it. Orbital pain is often caused by eye diseases, while ocular pain causes temporary vision impairments and sight deficiencies.

The most common ocular pain would be conjunctivitis wherein the tissue lining the inner eyelid and cornea is deprived of moisture. Also known as pinkeye, there is usually a mild eye pain in this, often followed by itching and redness due to allergic reactions.