Asthenopia Symptomatic

Symptomatic asthenopia (from the ancient Greek ἄσθενεσσις - powerlessness and πῦρ - fire) is a subjective sensation due to convulsive contractions of the eye muscles during visual load or overwork of the oculomotor muscles or pseudo-accommodation [1]. In healthy people, the symptom is the absence of obvious signs of fatigue, one of the components of asthenopia. In modern ophthalmology, this pathology is considered as asthenic visual ophthalmopathy, manifested by hypo- or hypermetropia when reading, recurring pain in the eye area, nasal, frontal and temporal parts of the head and forehead, and a feeling of paraventricular irritation.

**Asthenopia** (from ancient Greek ἀστήνωμα - weakness + περιφέρω - spinning) - subjectively unpleasant sensations in the eye area associated with overstrain of accommodation. Occurs when reading, working at a close distance from the eyes with heavy strain on the eyes. It most often manifests itself as double vision of individual letters and objects nearby.

Asthenopia can be classified as a specific acute eye pain (syncope).

General symptoms of asthenopia are characterized by complaints of nausea, vomiting, headache, etc. It is enhanced by a combination of general and local components. Locally it can be defined as significant depression of vision.

Treatment for asthenopia varies depending on the underlying disease or cause causing the condition.