What is an inflammation of the eye?
Inflammation of the eye can affect any part of the eye and therefore different disease patterns can be distinguished. Depending on the type of disease, there are a number of symptoms. Often, however, an inflammatory process in the eye is characterized by redness and itching or burning.
In addition, the surrounding tissue of the eye swells. The most common inflammation that occurs in the eye is conjunctivitis. Are you afraid of having conjunctivitis?
Accompanying symptoms of an inflammation of the eye
The accompanying symptoms of an eye inflammation are numerous and vary depending on the cause and localization of the disease. Among the most important symptoms are reddened and swollen eyes. Lachrymal flow is increased and the eyes may be permanently watery.
Due to the inflammation, the eyes often secrete a watery or slimy secretion and as a result, the patients suffer from stuck eyelids, especially in the morning after waking up. The eyes burn or itch, one has a feeling of pressure in the eyes and possibly feels more or less severe pain. Often the inflammation in the eye also causes a foreign body sensation, as if there was something in the eye (like grains of sand).
Other signs of an eye inflammation can be swollen eyelid edges, stuck eyelashes and sensitivity to light. In the case of inflammation of the eyelid margins, the eyelashes may also fall out. A whitish clouding of the cornea and reduced vision are clear warning signals.
In such cases an ophthalmologist should be consulted immediately. Watery eyes are very common in inflammatory diseases of the eye and can be a symptom of conjunctivitis, corneal inflammation or eyelid inflammation, for example. However, the eye also reacts with an increased production of tears in case of strong irritation by chemicals or smoke or in case of allergic processes (e.g. pollen allergy or animal hair allergy).
In some cases, watery eyes can also be an indication that the tears cannot drain properly. This is the case with malpositioning of the songs or a narrowing of the draining tear ducts. Eye inflammation is almost always accompanied by reddened eyes.
Due to the inflammatory process, the eye tissue is increasingly supplied with blood, the vessels become wider and more permeable, causing the eye to become red and swell. Very often the reddening of the eye then occurs with further symptoms such as pain, burning or watery eyes. Apart from eye inflammation, there are also harmless causes for reddened eyes: for example, lack of sleep, dry air, sunlight, air conditioning or prolonged sitting in front of the computer screen or television cause irritation of the eye. The eye is overstrained and the eye whites redden. This is how you can eliminate reddened eyes: Red eyes – What helps?
