Is a headache around the eyes dangerous?

This article is professionally consulted by Master, Doctor Bui Ngoc Phuong Hoa - General Internal Medicine - Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Danang International Hospital.

Headache is a common problem for each of us, everyone experiences several times in life, it happens at almost any age. And each type of headache reflects a medical condition of the body. So what is a headache around the eyes and is it dangerous?

The eye socket is a pyramidal cavity, the top is towards the back, the base is extended to the front, made up of the skull and facial bones.
Orbital organization includes: Tenon sheath wraps around the eyeball from the corneal margin to the optic nerve.
From the tenon to the orbital wall and the fatty tissue, there are many fibers that partially help the eyeball to stand in a certain position and easy to transport when the muscles are active, the oculomotor muscles include 4 rectus muscles and 2 muscles cross, orbital venous system, lymphatic system. This helps the eyeball to stand in a certain position in the eye socket and we can feel the pathological change from the orbit specifically here is the condition of periorbital headache.

Usually, the common causes of headaches around the orbits include sinus diseases, molars, cervical spine, Zona besides eye diseases. In which:
When suffering from sinusitis, patients often experience pain when changing weather, mainly in the forehead area near the eyes, pain increases when inhaling or snorting, with nasopharyngeal secretions and fever. Some other syndromes of the Ear - Nose - Throat and Teeth - Jaw - Face specialties cause sudden, quite severe pain not only in the jaw but also in the eye sockets (neuralgia V. ). Patients with acute viral infections such as flu, viral fever, dengue fever also feel headache around the eye socket. Patients with debilitated heart disease always have a feeling of headache, eye pain, and insomnia.

In addition, headache around the orbit also originates from the following dangerous diseases:
Pain due to vascular causes Carotid artery stenosis, cerebral vascular malformation, aortic dissection, carotid-cavernous sinus catheterization, Carotid vein stenosis,... are common vascular diseases accompanied by headaches, headaches around the eye sockets.
Acute hypertensive crisis also causes severe neck pain accompanied by papilledema, paraspinous and retinal hemorrhages. In addition, the condition of the retinal blood vessels also has abnormalities, which may be accompanied by bleeding in the retina.
Pain due to neurological diseases Brain tumors have the most abundant and unpredictable manifestations. All it takes is a change in mentality and behavior, sometimes with unprovoked fainting spells. Tumors of the skull base and pituitary gland usually do not cause headaches or vomiting, but are often manifested by visual field defects, hormonal changes: Menstrual disorders, abnormal milk secretion.

Migraine-type migraine: Migraine headache is a pain that occurs at any time but tends to appear in the morning. Many patients have pain when changing weather, insomnia or sleeping longer or shorter than usual, when eating certain foods, after drinking alcohol, beer, looking at bright lights,... Female patient often have pain in the monthly menstrual cycle,... Pain increases when moving the body, less pain when resting in a dark room.
Pain due to eye diseases There are many causes from the eyes to headaches, headaches around the eye sockets. The classic is acute, angle-closure Glaucoma. The most dangerous causes are carotid artery stenosis, cerebellar artery stenosis, carotid-cavernous shunt. Deep scleritis causes pain and discomfort when squinting or lying down.