Pain in the eye socket
Pain in the eye socket affects the eye and can have various causes. A suppuration of the orbit (also known as orbital aphlegmon) is a bacterial inflammation, usually based on a sinusitis. It is usually caused by staphylococci or streptococci.
Symptoms of an orbital aphlegmon are very severe pain, swelling of the eyelids and a general feeling of illness with fever. Since this is a serious and dangerous clinical picture, immediate treatment with antibiotics and, if unsuccessful, invasive sanitation of the pus is necessary. The optic nerve is also located in the eye socket, which – like almost all parts of the body – can become inflamed. This is known as an inflammation of the optic nerve.
