eye pain..Help?

[jadeymodel]

ok, My boyfriend for almost all his life has suffered pains behind the eye, gets shooting pains in the eye sometimes, headaches and his eye can become bloodshot. He has, on many occasions been to the doctors and they actually do not know what it could be. We'e researched it on the internet and there is vast amounts of information on what it could be. I feel really sorry for him as he really suffers from it about once a week. Optition claims its a disease where something grows on his eyelid causing the bloodshot eye and gave him eyedrops which did not work or stop his pain.

has anyone else had this or heard of this?

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[lotsafun]

the only thing thats springing to my mind is a condition called iritis. i suffered with it a couple of years ago and it came on very suddenly although i did not get any headaches from it. i felt shooting pains through my eye everytime my pupils dilated through the light etc. it was un bearable and constant and the treatment went on for about 9 weeks. both doctor and optition couldnt diagnose my problem and sent me to a&e to see a ee specialist where they diagnosed the problem within 20 mins. if its that bad i would try it.

[Sqad]

I agree with lotsofun.......could be many things....he needs to see an Ophthalmic Surgeon.

[york310]

The most likely cause for this pain if it feels like it is behind the eyes is some form of neuralgia.

Iritis is usually uniocular (one eye) with acute severe pain with a significant red eye.

There are numerous conditions which can recur and cause painful red eyes such as chronic anterior uveitis and episcleritis but you do need to get this problem investigated.

One likely diagnosis is of recurrent corneal erosions which cause sharp foreign body like pains with red eyes and can be managed with lubricants and sometimes bandage contact lenses or minor surgical intervention.

I hope you get help soon. Please let us know if a solution is found and the symptoms are managed.

[jadeymodel]

hi guys, Thank you somuch for the comments. He's comming down to see me later tonight so I'll let him read this. Sounds like ititis (or how its spelt).

Its the first time ive been on here since previous posting. Will keep you all updated. But thank you soo much guys!

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