
What Causes Pain In Eye Socket Radiating To Cheek Bone And Neck Muscles?

I went to an ophthalmologist a month and a half ago. He gave me a dilated eye exam and he saw nothing wrong with my eyes. This all seemed to start a day after I ate a large amount of ice cream. After I had eaten all the ice cream, my fingers were tingling and numb. The next day my right foot felt numb, cold and tingling. At the same time my foot symptoms started, I began to get a very intense heat sensation behind my eyes, but not in the eyes themselves. The heat sensation went away with sleep, but the next day is when the sharp eye socket pains started, and it hasn't gone away since then. My foot returned to normal after a week, though.
might be having chronic Maxillary sinusitis, consult ENT
Detailed Answer:
Hi, XXXX,
Thanks for posting query to HCM,
Read your long history in detail.
Having typical pain in lower site of eye socket radiating to cheek bone and neck muscles.
It started or aggravated after taking cold drinks or ice creams.
Feeling of numbness or generalized body-ache and malaise during attack of pain.
All eye examinations are normal.
Considering all above points it seems that you might be having chronic Maxillary sinusitis giving all these symptoms.
Consult ENT specialist and get examined.
You might require X-ray of PNS( para nasal sinuses ) to know congestion and infection in sinuses.
After examination and investigations, plan of conservative or surgical line can be decided.
Meanwhile take decongestant, analgesic medicine to get symptomatic relief of symptoms.
Go for Vicks vapor inhalation.
Avoid cold drinks, ice cream.
I hope, I answered your query.
If you have further query or clarification, please right me back.
Wishing you speedy recovery.
From,
Dr. Ramesh Vachharajani, MBBS, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX


One more thing worth mentioning is that if I press really hard on the back of my head (near the base of the skull) it seems to effect the eye socket pain. Depending on how forcefully I do it, the eye socket pain could somewhat go away for a few seconds to even a minute or two, but it always comes back, sometimes a little worse.
Require more investigations for diabetes, likely of having B12 deficiency
Detailed Answer:
Hi, XXXX,
Thanks for posting query again.
Read your problem in detail.
The problem you have might be due to,
Diabetes,
Vitamin B12 deficiency.
As you consumed more amount of ice cream, it can give rise temporary blood sugar for few hours but you gave blood afterwards so there is less likely of having high blood sugar afterwards.
You require further investigation to rule out diabetes like blood sugar, fasting and two hours after food and Hb A1c level.
This will give complete clue about diabetes.
Go for Vitamin B12 estimation as well.
Having problem of numbness might be due to diabetes and B12 deficiency.
While pressing on occipital region you get pain in the socket of eye might be due to referred pain or due to tender sinuses.
Consult your physician and discuss about this mentioned above.
I hope, I clarified your doubts to your satisfaction.
Wishing you speedy recovery.
From,
Dr. Ramesh Vachharajani, MBBS, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

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