Symptoms of an Eye Infection
Symptoms of an eye infection may include:
- Pain in the eye.
- A feeling that
something is in the eye (foreign body sensation).
- Increased
sensitivity to light (photophobia).
- Yellow, green, or bloody
discharge from the eye. The discharge may be watery.
- Increasing
redness of the eye or eyelids.
- A grey or white sore on the coloured
part of the eye (iris).
- Fever with no other
cause.
- Blurred or decreased vision.
Last Revised:
December 21, 2011
Author:
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine & H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine