What should painful ophthalmoplegia do?

Painful ophthalmoplegia can be improved by drug treatment, radiotherapy, surgery and other ways.

1. Drug treatment

patients can use vitamin B1, mecobalamin, citicoline sodium and other neurotrophic drugs to improve local pain phenomenon. If it is caused by diabetes, insulin, metformin, acarbose and other drugs can be used to control blood sugar; if it is caused by infectious diseases, penicillin, cephalosporins, erythromycin drugs can be used to control infection and alleviate disease symptoms.

2. Radiotherapy

for painful ophthalmoplegia caused by malignant tumors, such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, radiation therapy can be selected to inhibit and kill tumor cells, thereby improving symptoms.

3. Surgical treatment

If painful ophthalmoplegia caused by intracranial tumors, surgery can be selected to remove tumors.