What Causes Irritation In Eyes?

Posted on Mon, 8 Sep 2014

Question: Well this pass Wednesday I rubbed my left eye because it was itching me and then I noticed afterwards that I started feeling discomfort on the outer corner of my left eye where both the eyelids meet. It feels like something is in there but when I check nothing is there and I can feel It every time I blink.

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
eye irritation

Detailed Answer:
My dear,
Thanks for sending your query to us.
Such irritation may be due to two reasons. Original cause as well as rubbing may lead to small abrasion which leads to such irritation for a while.
Warm compresses may lead to some comfort and lubricant eye drops are safe and helpful in such situations.
Please do get back to me in case of any further query in this regard.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (8 minutes later)

How long do you think the irritation could lasts?

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
irritation of eye

Detailed Answer:
My Dear,
Thanks for getting back to us.
Body takes 12to24hours for the outer epithelium to heal.That is the the minimum time when body starts healing.Then it is the time element where body keeps improving.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. N K Mishra (11 minutes later)

So give me an estimate time overall that it fully heals because right now it feels dry on that specific area on the outer corner of my eye and its only in that area that its dry and it wasnt dry before i started rubbing it. Why is this ?

Answered by Dr. N K Mishra (23 hours later)

Brief Answer:
48 hours to heal.

Detailed Answer:
Welcome back,
Usually 48hours is enough to heal the initial lesion, , you may need to continue with lubricant eye drops for a while as some irritation may persist for a longer period of time.
Please do get back to me in case of any further query in this regard

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad