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smathie2 09/16/2010

fI had optic neuritis last year pretty badly, so I understand the pain that ON can cause.

My question is: Is it possible to have the eye pain (eyes hurt when moving) and not have it caused by ON? Or is it possible to have the pain return as sort of a pseudo-flare?

My eyes don't hurt when I move them if I push on them. It's weird but I just want to know if this is going to cause me to go blind again?

I will call my ophthalmologist/neuro if they pain persists, I just want to know if anyone else has experienced the pain without their eyesight being affected.

StuckAtHome 09/16/2010

I'm not sure on this one, I've never had ON, but I figure I'll throw it out there as a possibility. Could it maybe be a migraine? I'd still check with a doctor, you don't want to ignore it if something else is going on.

StuckAtHome 09/16/2010

Okay I looked it up, I don't think it would be from a migraine. Migraines affect one side of your head. Cluster headaches are the ones that can cause eye pain, sorry the brain fog got to me there. I didn't see anything listed about eye movement causing pain with a cluster headache though. I've heard that after you've had ON when you have a flare it can cause blurry vision but not eye movement pain. I would definitely give your doctor a call.

deleted_user 09/16/2010

I have eye pain, when I move my eye. It is trigeminal neuralgia. Common with MS. It can also cause pain in your cheek\nose area and teeth. It was my main symptom at the time I was finally diagnosed with MS. I could see fine, but the pain was awful.
Bonnie

smathie2 09/16/2010

That is really interesting, I have pain behind my cheeks and in my jaw. Stupid MS.

I will bring it up with my neuro when I see him next month

deleted_user 09/16/2010

I have ocular migraines, migraines with aura and 99.9% of the time with no pain at all. During a few very rare times there's a very slight hint of a pain. Nothing bad.

When I started getting these, my first thought was they were ON. I was glad it wasn't! These are much easier to keep at bay!

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