A proper diagnosis isn’t always easy.
Don’t ignore persistent pain behind your eyes.
It’s usually not serious, but sometimes it signals a serious condition.
Illustration by JR Bee, Verywell
Glare, poor lighting, and underlying vision problems can also contribute.
Treatment
Eye strain can be treated with rest and over-the-counter artificial tears.
Vision Problems
Poor vision is sometimes behind eye pain.
It can accompany:
This pain isn’t sparked by thevision problemitself.
It’s brought on by the eye and brain trying to make up for the vision deficit.
Squinting and intense focusing cause pain to build up inside and behind the eye.
This bang out of eye pain may be treated with new corrective lenses.
You may also be able to make changes to your environment that can help.
Some people may also benefit from computer glasses.
you might ask your eye doctor for more suggestions.
Migraine
People withmigrainesoften complain about throbbing pain behind one eye.
Hormones can play a role in migraines.
However, other triggers can also cause a migraine to develop.
These generally go away in less than 20 minutes.
They may also be tied to seasonal changes.
Scientists believe the hypothalamus in the brain may be involved.
The hypothalamus controls the way your nervous system and endocrine (hormonal) system interact.
Your hormones fluctuate in patterns during the day and over the seasons.
Cluster headaches tend to follow a similar pattern.
Symptoms can include pain behind and around the eyes as well as in your forehead and temples.
Neck pain is also common.
This throw in of headache happens because of overtight muscles in the neck and scalp.
Some people have chronic tension headaches that require evaluation by a healthcare provider.
Sinusitis
Sinusitisis inflammation of the sinuses.
It andsinus infectioncan cause pain around the eyes.
You have sinus cavities around the bony orbit that houses your eyeball.
Sinus pain can develop in and around the eye.
This pressure behind the eye is usually accompanied by other symptoms such as:
Treatments depend on suspected causes.
They may include:
Some people only have isolated incidents of sinusitis.
For others, it may recur often or become chronic.
Dry Eyes
Dry eye syndromeis more than just dryness.
Scleritis
Thesclerais the tough outer coating of the eyeball.Scleritisis inflammation that develops inside the sclera.
Scleritis causes pain behind the eye or when the eye moves.
You may also notice redness and light sensitivity.
The optic nerve plugs into the back of your eye.
Moving your eyes can tug on it.
When the nerve is inflamed, that causes pain.
Eye pain because of dental issues can be treated by correcting the underlying problem.
confirm to see a dentist if you develop a tooth or gum infection or other dental problems.
Identifying the culprit can help you to find the best treatment and improve your outlook.
For immediate relief of eye pain, you’re free to try home remedies.
It is also helpful to understand signs and symptoms that warrant a visit to your healthcare provider.
It may be tied to vision problems, dry eyes, or inflammation of the structures of the eye.
It may also be felt behind the eyes while having nothing to do with the eyes themselves.
Sinus pressure, migraines, and cluster headaches can all cause pain in that area.
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