…a person has a cold sore.
The virus within the secretions can then travel through the body’s nerves, which can include the eye nerves.
When a person gets herpetic eye disease herpes, they can experience a variety of symptoms. These can be in both eyes, but often one eye is affected more than the other.
Some of the symptoms depend on what part of the eye is affected. Examples of these symptoms include:
– feeling as if something is in the eye
– headache
– light sensitivity
– redness
– tearing
Sometimes a person may also experience herpes sores on top of the eyelids. These may resemble a rash that has blistering. The blisters will form crusts that usually heal within 3 to 7 days.
If the herpes virus affects the