Stinging eye

[sg]

My left eye stings as though there's grit in it. It's very painful. What should I do?
I should use etye wash I suppose, but where can you get eye wash at this time of night?
thanks

[Sachs]

Just use water sg! xx

[Fish the Mod]

Bolied the kettle, use the water to clean out a cup and the pour the remaining water into the same cup. Once it luke warm the cover the eye with the cup and pouring the water into the painful eye. Another one, a hot towel ( like you get in the curry house) over the eyes for 10 mins.
If it carrys on see the GP, sound like conjunctiva. If you wear contact lenses then please dont for some days

[sg]

Thanks - I just nipped out to Boots and got some eye wash.
Is conjunctivitis supposed to hurt this much? A quick search on symptons doesn't mention pain..

[Sachs]

Might be worth having it looked at sg! Conjunctivitis is uncomfortable & itchy, but not as painful as you describe. Get it checked out at the hospital! xxx

[saxy_jag]

Conjunctivitis can be very painful indeed. The more it itches, the more you rub and the more you rub, the more it itches. As anyone knows, keep rubbing at a sore spot and it just gets sorer.

[Ice.Maiden]

My son's had the same symptoms as you've described, but I couldn't see anything in it. Just before I was going to take him to the doctor's, I bought some Optrex drops for itchy and irritated eyes, thinking that there might be an eyelash stuck where it couldn't be seen and the drops might flush it out. As it happened, he'd scratched his cornea - very faintly - but that's what'd caused all the stinging and redness. he was given some ointment to put in his eye, and the problem cleared up very quickly.

[JonnyBoy12]

Take the teaspoon out of your tea when you drink from the cup?

[puddicat]

i cant remember pain my i had conjunctivitus i had a thick crust of gunge on my lids, could it b a stye, or as others are saying a foreign body in there, or a slight scrape on the retina?

[sg]

Thanks - I didn't get any puss or gunge and the pain has almost gone. So it's a mystery really.