Poll (of sorts): Just one-word answers, please!

[Tempestuous]

The sensation depends on the event.

So, using the pain scale of 1-10 with 10 being severe I've broken it into Event... Sensation... Pain level.
Take from it what you like.


RCE erosion = rip = 10

48 hour Post erosion blinking = stabbing pain = 9

48 hour post erosion = just pain = 8

Light sensitivity = stabbing (at front of eyes) + throbbing (at back of eyes + temple) = 4

Background discomfort = gritty / scraping = 1

On application of lubricants = burning sensation (exactly the same as chills being rubbed in eyes) = 1

[RCK]

Poll

sharp, agonizing!

Rhoda

[regina]

I will go with pain

[RCK]

re: pain

severe, sharp, knife-like, burning.

[Michael2]

raw...like an open blister that won't fully heal

acid if I tear too much

[Rebecca Petris]

Thank you everyone for the responses... This is getting very interesting. I'm going to make it a sticky so we can continue collecting everyone's input. Keep 'em coming!

[wheezy]

very heavy eye lids

[irish eyes]

Sore, burning, tired, heavy = misery.

(Struggling to get my point across to doctors, I've resorted to some very graphic imagery - pain was like razor blade lacerations, tears like acid, someone using a running stitch with a big needle to make my eyes smaller.....

with me the worst is burning, stinging,foreign body sensation, sore

For those of you who have significant corneal pain or other form of discomfort:

Can you please tell me in 1 word or very short phrase what your dominant pain sensation is?

If you have multiple symptoms, try to articulate the pain sensation that seems to be the most debilitating, that most interferes with your usual activities.

Examples (but please add different ones if none of these fits you!)

burning
foreign body sensation
scratchy
gritty
sore
pressure
photophobia
menthol sensation

[20/20_Hindsight]

Burning...

Eyes being scraped on a cement sidewalk.

[jkwmsga]

Extreme Nausea

[kitty]

Burning (intense that is)

[Cindy]

My eyes feel 'full', tired and strained.

[calli66]

Gritty and photophobia

[mylittlem]

Sore and photophobia.