Eye pain can cause a variety of annoying complaints, such as red eyes, itching, pain, to vision problems. Some types of eye pain can be transmitted through physical contact. Know the characteristics of this disease and how to avoid transmission. Some eye pain is not contagious so that sufferers can continue their activities as long as their vision is still functioning properly. But there are several types of eye pain that makes sufferers advised to postpone activities in the office or at school, so that other people are not infected. Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Not many people know that the varicella-zoster virus that causes shingles or smallpox snake, it can also cause eye pain called ophthalmic herpes zoster. This condition can occur in people who have had chickenpox while still a child. Some conditions that can be symptoms of herpetic eye pain, including: Red eye. Severe pain in the eye or around one eye with swelling. Reddish rash and pain in the eyelids. Sometimes up to th...