ocular headache

headache, ocular (HA)

A headache believed to result from excessive use of the eyes, uncorrected refractive error, especially hyperopia and low grades of astigmatism, binocular vision anomaly or eye diseases. This headache typically occurs in the brow region but also in the occipital or neck regions. See accommodative insufficiency; asthenopia.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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