Acute eye pain

[ken]

I've been experiencing "attacks" of acute pain in my right eye for the last
three days. The episodes are very brief and very intense, lasting only for
a couple of seconds or so. The first time it happened I thought I'd caught
a shard of glass (somehow) or been bitten on the eye by a bug or something.
Afterwards I feel no pain at all and there doesn't appear to be any redness
in the area. No problems with my vision either. The attacks occur about
three times a day. The pain seems to be eminate from the corner of my eye
closest to my nose. Also, if it matters, I'm 37 yrs. old.
Anyone ever heard of anything like this?

Thank you.

[William Stacy]

It's hard to conceive of any significant condition that would do this, so we
generally end up blaming it on an "irritated" pain nerve fiber or ending.
Anything serious would not go away in 2 seconds.

bill
http://www.obase.net

[drfr...@my-deja.com]

Try some artificial tears; sometimes a dry eye can cause a "stabbing
sensation" that you are describing.

frank

> > I've been experiencing "attacks" of acute pain in my right eye for
the last
> > three days. The episodes are very brief and very intense, lasting
only for
> > a couple of seconds or so. The first time it happened I thought
I'd caught
> > a shard of glass (somehow) or been bitten on the eye by a bug or
something.
> > Afterwards I feel no pain at all and there doesn't appear to be any
redness
> > in the area. No problems with my vision either. The attacks occur
about
> > three times a day. The pain seems to be eminate from the corner of
my eye
> > closest to my nose. Also, if it matters, I'm 37 yrs. old.
> > Anyone ever heard of anything like this?
> >
> > Thank you.
>
>

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[Evelyn Biggio]

First, have you consulted an ophthalmologist??
And, it sounds like iritis.

On Tue, 16 May 2000 21:14:06 -0500, "ken" <ke...@swbell.net> wrote:

>I've been experiencing "attacks" of acute pain in my right eye for the last
>three days. The episodes are very brief and very intense, lasting only for
>a couple of seconds or so. The first time it happened I thought I'd caught
>a shard of glass (somehow) or been bitten on the eye by a bug or something.
>Afterwards I feel no pain at all and there doesn't appear to be any redness
>in the area. No problems with my vision either. The attacks occur about
>three times a day. The pain seems to be eminate from the corner of my eye
>closest to my nose. Also, if it matters, I'm 37 yrs. old.
>Anyone ever heard of anything like this?
>
>Thank you.
>
>

Evelyn
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http://home.swbell.net/lbiggio

[drfrank21]

No it doesn't. Iritis is a constant throbbing pain that also
presents with photophobia (light sensitivity) and ciliary
injection (redness around the "white part of the eye). None
of these were listed as symptoms.

frank

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[Evelyn Biggio]

Iritis was the diagnosis when I had sharp, stabbing pains
in my eye many years ago.