Diagnosaurus
Eye pain
DDx
Don’t miss
- Acute glaucoma
DDX
- Viral or bacterial conjunctivitis
- Foreign body or corneal abrasion
- Keratitis (corneal ulcer or inflammation), eg, herpes simplex
- Trauma
- Acute glaucoma
- Orbital or periorbital cellulitis
- Ultraviolet (actinic) keratitis
- Eyelid disorder, eg, hordeolum, chalazion, blepharitis
- Inverted eyelash (eg, entropion)
- Dacryocystitis (lacrimal sac infection)
- Decreased tearing, eg, age-related, Sjögren’s syndrome, anticholinergics
- Blocked tear duct
- Sinusitis
- Migraine or cluster headache
- Temporal (giant cell) arteritis
- Ophthalmic zoster (pain may precede rash)
- Uveitis
- Scleritis or episcleritis
- Optic neuritis
- Intracranial mass
- Carotid artery dissection
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Last updated: March 5, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Eye Pain." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114383/all/Eye_pain.
Zeiger RFR. Eye pain. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114383/all/Eye_pain. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Eye pain. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114383/all/Eye_pain
Zeiger RFR. Eye Pain [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114383/all/Eye_pain.
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