Chapter 201- Important causes of eye pain

Question 1

What are the lid extraocular causes of eye pain?

Answer 1

Hordeolum (a small abscess of the lid)
Acute dacryocystitis
Cellulitis
Chalazion

Question 2

What are the conjunctival extraocular causes of eye pain?

Answer 2

Irritant exposure (prolonged sun exposure, pollution, occupational irritants, aerosol propellants, wind, dust)
Infection (viral or bacterial)
Lack of sleep

Question 3

What are the corneal extraocular causes of eye pain?

Answer 3

Incipient zoster
Abrasions
Foreign bodies
Ulcers
Ingrown lashes
Contact lens abuse
Excessive exposure to sun or other forms of ultraviolet radiation
Infection (bacterial or viral)

Question 4

What are the scleral extraocular causes of eye pain?

Answer 4

Episcleritis

Scleritis (connective tissue disorder)

Question 5

What are the anterior eye intraocular causes of eye pain?

Answer 5

Acute angle-closure glaucoma
Acute anterior uveitis (idiopathic, connective tissue disease, sarcoidosis, IBD)
Refractive error (mild pain only)

Question 6

What are the posterior eye intraocular causes of eye pain?

Answer 6

Posterior uveitis

Question 7

What are the orbital disease causes of eye pain?

Answer 7

Tumor
Inflammatory disease
Graves' ophthalmopathy
Psuedotumor oculi
Retrobulbar optic nerve

Question 8

What are the referred pain from extraocular source that cause eye pain?

Answer 8

Sinusitis 
Tooth abscess
Tension, migrain or cluster headache
Temporal arteritis
Prodrome of herpes zoster
Ocular muscle imbalance

Question 9

What are the other causes of eye pain?

Answer 9

Trauma