Other names: “feeling sand” in the eyes, foreign body sensation in the eye

Cutting the eye is a typical symptom of ocular disease. Cutting the eye causes are many, are mostly inflammation. Another cause is the presence of a foreign body under the eyelid, which mechanically irritate the sensitive cornea and conjunctiva.

Cutting of the eye within the inflammation is usually accompanied by other symptoms, which are typical of inflammation. It is congestion and ensuing flare structures inflamed, mucus production within exudative component of inflammation, local pain, swelling of the affected site. Causeinflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea.

If the problems do not last a long time, the clinical picture is not so serious, and if they are not present blisters and purulent secretions, the patient can self-medication at home. This is based onsurveys eye care about the cleanliness of the eyelids and around the eye structures. For smoothing it is appropriate to use eye drops.
When the penetration of a foreign body under the cap, there is a mechanical irritation of the conjunctiva and the cornea, causing a feeling of foreign body in the eye and cutting. If there is no perforation of the eyeball, the patient can remove the foreign body itself, preferably sterile instruments and apply eye drops to soothe the eye.

Another cause of cutting the eye are numerous examples can be trichiasis, a condition where the algae grow and rotate against the eyeball, which mechanically irritate.