When to seek medical advice

Get emergency medical care if you have eye discomfort and redness accompanied by:

Severe eye pain or irritation
Direct injury to the eye
Swelling in or around your eyes
Discharge of blood or pus from your eyes
Double vision or loss of vision
Sudden or new appearance of halos around lights
Nausea or vomiting
Sudden, severe headache

Eye discomfort and redness in adults

Find possible causes of eye discomfort and redness based on specific factors. Check one or more factors on this page that apply to your symptoms.

Eye discomfort best described as

Achy
Dry or itchy
Gritty sensation
Redness without actual discomfort

Sensitivity to light
Severe pain
Stinging or burning sensation

Appearance of eye includes

Bleeding on the surface of the white of the eye
Crusted eyelashes after sleeping
Excessive tearing
Red, painful lump on the eyelid

Redness
Stringy mucus in or around the eye
Swelling around the eye

Vision problem includes

Blurred vision
Dark, floating spots in vision

Vision loss

Triggered by

Allergens or other irritants
Injury or trauma

Worsened by

Dry, warm air
Eye movement

Accompanied by

Runny or stuffy nose

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