What s wrong with sore eyes? What causes sore eyes? What s the deal with sore eyes?

Generally speaking, excessive eye fatigue can lead to eye pain, which may also be related to glaucoma or high intraocular pressure, which can lead to eye pain and sometimes headache, nausea, vomiting, and blurred vision. Dry eye syndrome can also cause eye soreness and discomfort, so it is recommended to go to an eye doctor for a symptomatic examination**.

It is very common for us to feel sore eyes when we are in front of a computer or mobile phone screen, because our optic nerve will be very tired and sore when facing the computer screen for a long time. However, sore eyes are not the only thing, there are some eye diseases that can trigger sore eyes. So, what is the cause of sore eyes?

1. Acute angle-closure glaucoma

Patients with acute angle-closure glaucoma usually feel a severe swelling of the eyeball, accompanied by ipsilateral migraine, visual impairment, eye congestion, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

2. Retrobulbar optic neuritis

People with this condition usually experience deep pain in the eyeball, but a dull pain in the back of the ball is noticeable when the eye moves or compresses the eyeball.

3. Scleritis

Patients with scleritis usually have uncomfortable symptoms such as eye soreness and pain, and other symptoms such as photophobia, tearing, red eyes, and decreased vision.

4. Refractive eye disease

Patients with myopia, astigmatism, and farsightedness have a greater amplitude of pharyngeal muscle adjustment than normal people, and if the adjustment is excessive, or if there is a disorder, it will lead to an increase in intraocular pressure, and then there may be soreness and pain in the eyes. In general, adequate rest and cold compresses can relieve discomfort.

5. Angle-closure glaucoma

The main manifestations of this disease are eye soreness, pain, etc., and most of them will manifest complications such as vision loss, foggy vision, and in severe cases, it will be accompanied by headache, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.

6. Acute ocular inflammation

This disease is commonly known as "needle eye", in the deep part of the eye and face tissues, if there is purulent inflammation and bacterial infection, there will be obvious pain and redness in the eye area, and in severe cases, there can also be preauricular lymphadenopathy, and there will be tenderness.

7. Tips

Eye soreness is not a small problem, we must pay special attention, and if necessary, we need to go to the hospital for examination in time to rule out other hidden dangers.

8. What is good for the eyes

Carotene is the main dietary ** of vitamin A, it has no toxicity of vitamin A, so eating more vegetables and fruits rich in carotene, such as carrots, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and dark green leafy vegetables (water spinach, spinach, broccoli, etc.) as well as cantaloupe, goji berries, etc., are very good for penitent eyes.