What's going on when my eyeballs hurt?

If your eyeball hurts, you should pay attention to whether it is caused by conjunctivitis. Conjunctivitis can cause pain symptoms. Of course, if shingles spreads to the eyes, it can also cause eye pain or some obvious symptoms of injury.

1. Conjunctivitis (also known as red eyes or inflammation of any part of the upper and lower eyelids, cornea and optic nerve behind the eyeball (posterior orbital socket) is a common cause of eye pain; infection of any hair follicles on the eyelids or stye is another cause of eye pain.

2. Any small object that gets into your eye, whether it's a hair or a speck of dust, will feel like a big rock. If your eye is scratched by a tiny laceration while you're walking through the bushes, it will also feel like unbearable pain!

3. Certain types of headaches can also cause eye pain, among which migraine and temporal arteritis are the most common.

4. Shingles spreads to the eyes, which not only causes great pain to the eyes, but may even cause blindness. Adults are usually more susceptible to this infection. In the early stages, there is no redness or obvious damage to the eyes. Only in the later stages will typical ulcers appear.

5. If the eye pain persists for a week or two, and then the symptoms disappear temporarily for a while and then recur, then you need to get your eyes checked. Maybe you suffer from astigmatism, farsightedness, or nearsightedness, and wearing glasses of the correct degree can eliminate the symptoms.

6. Chronic sinusitis often causes headaches and eye pain. During an attack, the entire face becomes very sensitive and painful to the touch, and there is often a slight fever. The phenomenon of postnasal drip is even more annoying. Sinusitis is usually treated with antibiotics and drainage to drain the pus from the nose.