Symptom Checker

  • When to seek medical advice

    • Seek emergency care if you have eye discomfort and redness accompanied by:

    • Severe eye pain or irritation
    • Swelling in or around your eyes
    • Discharge of blood or pus from your eyes
    • Double vision or loss of vision
    • Nausea or vomiting

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Eye discomfort and redness

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

  • Allergens

  • Bacterial or viral infection

  • Dry, warm, blowing air

  • Injury or trauma

  • Tobacco smoke

  • Blurred vision

  • Dark, floating spots in vision

  • Discharge in eyes that forms crust during night

  • Double vision

  • Halos or rays around lights in vision

  • Itchy eyes

  • Itchy, inflamed eyelids

  • Nausea or vomiting

  • Pain or discomfort when moving eyes

  • Red, bloody-looking spots on whites of eyes

  • Red, painful lump on eyelid

  • Runny or stuffy nose

  • Sensation of sand or grit in eyes

  • Sensitivity to light

  • Stinging or burning sensation in eyes

  • Stringy mucus in or around eyes

  • Vision loss

  • Watery eyes

 

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