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Eye Pain

Why use the slit lamp when someone has eye pain?

Eye pain can be many things that don't necessarily need to be diagnosed with the slit lamp (for instance eye lid infections, glaucoma, migraines, etc.). However when a patient has eye pain, it is essential to rule out the most common causes of eye pain (i.e. foreign body, corneal abrasion, etc) that sometimes can only be identified with the intense magnification of the slit lamp.