The last few days my eye has started hurting for no reason. Actually for the past 1/2 year, probably about 10 times, at night I'll wake up and opening my eye creates a lot of pain, like my eyelid was stuck to my eye and I just ripped the two apart.
Now it's starting to happen during the day, the pain part. I look at it but nothing seems to be wrong.
Any ideas?
2007-03-13 10:19:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
stop reading and go to the doctor
2007-03-13 10:27:01 · answer #1 · answered by Princess AJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a trip to the eye doctor (optometrist or ophthalmologist) is in order! There's lots of things that can cause eye pain - anything from infections to having something in your eye to just simple dry eyes. Now, considering what you've said - how it feels like your eyelid was stuck to your eye - there's also a condition called recurrent corneal erosion, where the outermost layer of cells basically falls off the cornea occasionally, exposing nerve fibres, which hurts a lot. (It also tends to happen in the morning/when you wake up, so that's what it sounds like you're experiencing, based on what you've said.) Starting to have pain during the day could be, for example, a severely dry eye caused by that missing layer of cells, or (hopefully not!) an infection setting in. It's hard to tell just from your description. Usually, that layer can heal over within a day or two, and things seem fine until the next episode of sudden pain, provided there isn't anything else wrong to complicate things.
And quite often, these things don't cause any redness or anything you'd be able to see by looking at your eye - the doctor uses a high-powered microscope with special lights and even fluorescent dye to see this stuff. So, go pay him or her a visit, and hopefully they'll be able to help you out :)
2007-03-14 16:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by Adam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eye Doctor
2007-03-13 10:21:43 · answer #3 · answered by Charlz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really should go to the doctor. Kinda sould like pink eye. "conjunctiveitis" But, having had problems for 6 months...you really should at least call a doctor.
2007-03-13 10:23:30 · answer #4 · answered by spiffyattb1950 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dry eyes maybe. Talk to a doctor.
2007-03-13 10:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by ve 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the optician u could have conjunctivitus (or how ever you spell it)
2007-03-13 10:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by -x-lil-kate-x- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋