What should I do if my eyes hurt due to hyperthyroidism? Why do my eyes hurt

Many patients with hyperthyroidism have experienced eye pain to varying degrees, mostly because hyperthyroidism can cause eye pain. The eye pain caused by hyperthyroidism may vary in degree. As the pain increases, the damage to the eyes will also increase. So when our eyes hurt, how should we deal with it?

1. Symptoms of hyperthyroidism eye pain

1. The eyeball protrudes forward, and the degree of eye pain generally does not exceed 18mm. Blinking decreases.

2. The upper eyelid is contracted, the palpebral fissure is wide, and the upper edge of the cornea is exposed when looking straight ahead (the white of the eye is exposed above the eyeball). These are early symptoms of hyperthyroidism eye pain, so patients must take them seriously.

3. When looking down, the upper eyelid should not fall with the eyeball or lag behind the eyeball. When looking upward, the skin on the forehead should not wrinkle (no forehead wrinkles).

4. When the two eyes look at close objects, the eyeballs do not converge well (they cannot “look together”). Infiltrative eye pain is less common and occurs more frequently in adult patients.

5. In addition to the more obvious eye symptoms mentioned above, it is often accompanied by swollen eyelids and conjunctival congestion and edema.

2. Why do hyperthyroidism cause eye pain?

The cause of simple hyperthyroid eye pain: The action of thyroid hormone causes the proliferation and thickening of the extraocular muscles and increased tension of the levator muscles, resulting in hyperthyroid eye pain. Sympathetic nerve excitement.

Causes of infiltrative hyperthyroid eye pain: sympathetic nerve excitement. The action of thyroid hormone causes hyperplasia and thickening of the extraocular muscles and increased tension of the levator muscles, resulting in hyperthyroidism eye pain. Swelling and hyperplasia of the orbital soft tissue and lesions of the eye muscles cause the eyeball to protrude significantly and its movement is restricted.

When the autoimmune reaction of hyperthyroidism occurs, it is accompanied by an autoimmune reaction against the eye muscles and tissues behind the eyeball. Due to these immune responses, the patient's eye muscles become thicker, hypertrophic, and swollen. Inflammation and edema of the retrobulbar tissue, accumulation of mucopolysaccharides, hyperplasia of connective tissue, increase in retrobulbar volume, and periorbital edema cause the eyeball to bulge. The patient's eyelids are swollen and incompletely closed, with exposed sclera and cornea, and inflammation, ulcers, and even perforation. Patients experience photophobia, tearing, pain, decreased vision, diplopia, astigmatism, and even blindness.

3. What to do if your eyes hurt due to hyperthyroidism?

Correct treatment and active care. The correct way to treat eye pain caused by hyperthyroidism is to use traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment has no side effects. In terms of administration, while taking Chinese medicine internally, it also uses external application of Chinese medicine, acupuncture and thread embedding, etc., which are very effective in eliminating the symptoms of eye pain caused by hyperthyroidism.