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Symptoms of disease - eyes pain

Eye (Latin oculus) - touch body of humans and animals, and with the ability to perceive the electromagnetic radiation in the light wavelength range and provides the function of view.

Actually eyes, or the eyeball (Latin bulbus oculi), - pair formation of irregular spherical shape, located in each of the eye-sockets (orbits) of the human skull.

The presence in the eyes of a dense network of pain receptors and sensitive nerve endings makes them very sensitive both to internal processes of the organism, as well as to external exposure. This mechanism allows the eye of maximum security, but is expressed in the fact that even minor impacts (gust of the wind, the cold, ingestion of eyelashes on the surface of the eyes, etc.) can appear pain in his eyes.

It is difficult to determine, what is the pain in eyes. According to ophthalmologist, eye problems can range from unpleasant sensations around or inside the eye to the pull of pain in the eye proteins.

Eye pain can occur for a variety of reasons: from the usual tired to internal processes in the eye, oculomotor nerve, carotid artery and its branches, etc.

To prevent serious complications, it is recommended to contact a doctor immediately if the pain in his eyes was not a gust of wind and not accidentally get under the eyelid eyelash, and unclear reasons, it may be that sore eyes not just so, and to indicate any disease.

Which diseases there is eyes pain

The most common causes eye pain are:

- Fatigue of the eye muscles, scratching the surface of the eyes contact lenses (in the case of the use of outdated or simply not suitable lenses), the wrong choice points. Sore eyes in many ways-it can be perceived pain, which disappears when closing the eyes, or a slight tingle.

- With regard to internal factors that cause eye pain, it can be a headache or the result of overexertion of muscles of the face.

- Related eye pain and directly with the eye-disease - for example, with inflammation of the uveal tract of the eyeball (uveitis).

"If eye pain caused not a gust of wind and not accidentally get under the eyelid eyelash, and unclear reasons, it may be that sore eyes not just so, and to indicate any disease.

- Trauma, hitting of foreign body in the eye.
It can be a trauma, hitting of foreign body in the eye. Put the bacteria cause inflammation and "pain" in the eye.
The first thing you need to make the victim, it wash eyes and drip solution albutsid; if this is not possible, then try to remove the foreign body independently, often when he blinked and carefully massaging closed the inner corner of the eye.
If the foreign body has got into eyes when working with the drums or power tools, or not removed by yourself, You can not do without the ophthalmologist. And do not delay a visit to the doctor, because a few days after the injury before the eyes of the ophthalmologist will appear the picture of keratitis, and in the worst case even expressed inflammation deep in the eyes, which would require a very serious treatment to save the eyes of the patient.

- Developing the infection in the eye.
The inflammation occurs as a consequence of developing an infection with bacteria or viruses fall into the eyes not only of the external environment, but also from the foci of chronic infection of his own human body. For example, if the patient once suffered urogenital infection, chronic maxillary sinusitis, tonsillitis, tooth decay, recurrent herpes.
Often search for the infection that causes inflammation of the eyes, do not bring any result, so as inflammation supports own body on the background of arising of autoimmune diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, etc.).
Such inflammation of the eye is called uveitis. This is one of the "ungrateful" in terms of the treatment of diseases, as the occurrence of relapse is inevitable and we have to spend longer courses of anti-relapse therapy.
Sometimes the pain can be caused by inflammation of the branches of the trigeminal nerve after the cold or bout of viral infections, such as herpes.

- Diseases of the blood vessels that feed the eyeball.
The patient feels pain in the eyes of in diseases of the blood vessels that feed the eyeball. It arises in connection with the development of a lack of blood supply to the eyes and the surrounding tissues orbit (ischemia). This status can be determined only in the study of vascular ultrasound method of triplex scanning, and the treatment is carried out jointly with the cardiologist.

- The syndrome of "dry eye".
Recently, a very common, this syndrome "dry eye", which often develops in the long run on the computer in an air-conditioned room and fluorescent lighting. At the present time ophthalmologists have a sufficient arsenal of modern equipment for the prevention and control of this pathology.

If you mark one or more of the following items, consult an ophthalmologist:
- A bruise sphere eyes.
- Contact with eyes of a foreign body.
- A long (more than two days) , the pain in his eyes.
- Eye pain of any type, especially if it is accompanied by a violation of view and general malaise (nausea, headache, etc.).
- In other cases, when tested discomfort or pain in the eyes.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a eyes pain

• Ophthalmologist (eye doctor)

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Do you feel eyes hurts? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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