toddler 3 year old eye pain addendum

[alifarns]

Also, he does have slight circles under eyes in addition to the below comments, but he is also a bad sleeper, which I know can cause this.  He is generally very happy, but he says his eye hurts every now and then, see below:

3 year old complains of eye pain, but no crusting, no redness
by alifarns, 2 minutes ago
Tags: toddler, toddler eye pain, Eye pain
My son is 3 years and 3 months old.  He has been complaining here and there for about 2 months about eye pain only in his left eye.  He has extremely long eyelashes, as do I, and I know that them getting into his eye can be the cause.  But his mention of the eye pain and rubbing has become more frequent, a couple of times a day, sometimes causing him to cry, but it seems to go away pretty quickly.  He complains the most when he lays down for a nap.  But there is no swelling, no conjunctivitis/crust.  Any ideas?  I am thinking a sty?  But it has been going on for so long, is it possible that he would have an infection for that long without showing more ill effects???

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

As I said see a pediatric ophthalmologist. Find one at www.aao.org

JCH II MD