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  • Home
  • About
    • Meet Our Doctors >
      • Adam Marcovitch, M.D.
      • David Werner, M.D.
      • Dana Nelson, O.D.
    • Insurance Plans We Accept
    • About our Practice
  • Services
    • Comprehensive Eye Health Services
    • Eye Glasses and Contact Lenses
    • Information for our Patients
  • Common Eye Issues
    • Eye Pain
    • Cataracts
    • Cataract Surgery
    • Glaucoma
    • Macular Degeneration
    • Expert Eye Care for Children
    • Lazy Eye
  • Appointments

Eye Pain​

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Pain in the eye may be described as a burning, throbbing, aching, or stabbing sensation in or around the eye. It may also feel like you have a foreign object in your eye. Eye pain can have many causes. In some cases, such as an eye injury, the cause of the pain is obvious. But often it is difficult to know why your eye hurts.

Tired eyes or some eye discomfort (eyestrain) is most often a minor problem and it will often go away with rest. These problems may be caused by the wrong eyeglass or contact lens prescription. Sometimes they are due to a problem with the eye muscles.

The severity of eye pain does not indicate how serious the underlying cause of the discomfort is. In other words, a relatively minor problem, such as a superficial abrasion of the cornea, can be very painful. However, several very serious eye conditions — including cataracts, macular degeneration and the most common type of glaucoma — can cause no eye pain whatsoever.

Eye pain is not normal, so don't ignore it. If the pain is severe, does not go away, or causes blurred vision, double vision or vision loss, seek medical attention immediately.

State College Office Hours

​Mon - Fri:  8:00am to 4:00pm

Philipsburg Office Hours

Thu:  8:15am to 3:00pm

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State College  (814) 237-4105
Philipsburg  (814) 342-2444


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