How do I detect ocular tendonitis?
Inflamed eye muscles and tendons are painful to
the touch and can be detected by palpating the globes of the eyes.
Since the eye tendons on top of the eyes are the ones most often inflamed, one can look at the floor with the chin up and touch with the tip of the finger on top of the lid just under the eyebrow bone.
The photograph shows how to palpate using the fingertip on top of the lid to avoid contact with the eye.
Palpating tips:
There are three places to palpate: the upper inside,
the upper outside and the
upper middle.
When
palpating it may be necessary to look at the floor in three
different locations so that it is
easier to palpate
all three indicated places.
And it is important to palpate as far back on the
globe as possible.
It is necessary to touch with the tip of the finger to insure that the palpating is point specific.
Pain
elicited from the eye can derive from many other conditions besides ocular
tendonitis One
should have any suspect eye condition looked at by an optometrist or
ophthalmologist to rule out
other possibly more serious eye conditions.