# Eye pain

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma - StatPearls (NCBI Bookshelf NBK430857) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430857/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class FS01 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

```text
EYE PAIN
Sources: Acute Angle-Closure Glaucoma - StatPearls (NCBI Bookshelf NBK430857) -
         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430857/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification
         of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class FS01 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose -
         referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    Nonspecific symptom with causes ranging from trivial (foreign body, dry eye) to sight-
            or life-threatening (acute glaucoma, uveitis, corneal ulcer, scleritis). Because the
            underlying cause determines treatment, this code itself carries no single drug; the GP's
            job is triage and appropriately urgent referral. - Refer, with advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      Nonspecific symptom with causes ranging from trivial (foreign body, dry eye) to sight-
            or life-threatening (acute glaucoma, uveitis, corneal ulcer, scleritis). Because the
            underlying cause determines treatment, this code itself carries no single drug; the GP's
            job is triage and appropriately urgent referral.
   Caution  No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and
            referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
            RED FLAG - Sudden severe pain with halos around lights, nausea or vomiting and a non-
            reactive mid-dilated pupil (acute angle-closure glaucoma), pain with reduced vision, a
            history of trauma or chemical splash, or photophobia with a red eye (uveitis or
            keratitis): refer urgently.

Prices are indicative (dataset snapshot 2026-06); verify with the pharmacy.
```

---

Dawaa Reference is a reference for prescribers, not a medical device, and does not replace clinical judgement.

[Privacy policy](/privacy)