What is the cause of eye stinging

  Eye pain is often a major symptom in patients with eye disease. Eye pain can be caused by irritation of the eye and accessory organs, and its causes vary in terms of pain sensation, including soreness, swelling, dullness, and stabbing pain. The causes of eye stinging are as follows: 1. Infectious: A stinging sensation on the surface of the eye may be conjunctivitis. In addition to bacterial and viral infections, conjunctivitis may also be due to chemical stimulation such as cosmetics and drugs; eyelid pain is mostly due to blepharitis and eyelid abscess; orbital stinging pain is mostly due to acute lacrimal sacculitis and acute lacrimal gland infection; eye pain is mostly due to keratitis and sclerenitis; post-bulbar stinging pain is mostly due to pterygoid sinusitis or post-bulbar optic neuritis.  2, allergic reactive: mostly seen in vesicular keratoconjunctivitis, acute uveitis, etc.  3, mechanical irritation: such as impingement, conjunctival stones, trauma, intraocular foreign bodies and light irritation, burns.  4, glaucomatous: acute closed-angle glaucoma can be manifested as distension and pain in the eye.  5, neurological: such as stabbing pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia and supraorbital neuralgia.  6.Tumor compression.  All of the above factors can lead to eye stinging pain. When eye stinging pain occurs, it is important to seek medical attention according to the specific situation, and pay attention to explain to the doctor in detail the location of the pain and accompanying symptoms and whether there is any trauma stimulation, etc., all these information are beneficial to the doctor’s diagnosis and treatment.