Eye Pain
Alternate Names : Ophthalmalgia, Pain - Eye
What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
The medical history will be obtained and a physical examination performed. If there is major concern, see an ophthalmologist (who specializes in eye problems).
Medical history questions documenting your symptom in detail may include:
- distribution
- Are both eyes affected?
- in eye, around eye
- type of pain
- foreign body, burning, throbbing
- time pattern
- aggravated by
- Is it worse after eye movement?
- What other symptoms are also present?
Physical examination will include an examination of the eyes. The doctor will check vision, eye movements, and the back of the eye with an ophthalmoscope.
Diagnostic tests that may be performed are:
After seeing your health care provider:
If a diagnosis was made by your health care provider as the cause of your symptoms, you may want to note that diagnosis in your personal medical record.
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