Eye pain and rubberband like feeling in head, face and neck

[usan]

I've been having dull eye pain. Sometimes it is in the left eye, sometimes the right eye and sometimes both eyes. I'd been to the eye doctor and had change in glasses. Eye doctor said he had a look at my optic nerves during the test and said that the nerve and eye pressure are normal. He gave me lubricant eye drops and asked me to use them whenever I felt pain.



I've had a similar eye pain episode about 6 months back. The pain used to go away after few days.



Only this time the pain hasn't subsided since and for about a week I have been having a sensation like a rubber band has been wrapped around the head, neck and face. The family physician said that it is not numbness; inflammation instead and prescribed me Naproxen 500mg twice a day and asked me to take a blood test.



I also suffer a acontractile bladder (dx'd 5 months back) and need to cath to remove the urine. I'd undergone MRI scans with no lesions reported. Didn't undergo CSF or EVSP tests though as the Neuro said it was not required.



The bladder condition had caused two UTI's with once acending (ascending) infection (one day I had blood in urine and severe back pain). The UTIs are under control and i've stopped eating any anti-biotics for it now.



I've also observed that my body is a little stiffer than usual. I've not been doing any exercise (walking, jogging or any strenuous physical activity) for a few months now.



My question is: is dull eye pain (throb) a symptom of Optic Neuritis? I'm really worried if I have MS.

[Forum-OD-MP]

no.  the big symptom for ON is VISION LOSS.  not neck/eye/head pain/discomfort.  you may or may not have MS...who knows?  you would need much, much, much more testing to diagnose that.  but none of the symptoms you list are in any way associated with a diagnosis of optic neuritis.  no...dull eye pain (throb) does *not* mean that you have ON.  or MS for that matter.