Eye pain is a broad terminology. Some of the common causes of eyeball pain are as follows: Refractive errors hypermetropia and astigmatism Tolosa Hunt syndrome where patient has periorbital pain and hemicrania Acute angle-closure glaucoma Ocular hypertension Acute iridocyclites Acute conjunctivitis Bacterial keratitis Blepharospasm Ocular migraine Cluster headache Ocular albinism Ischemic eyeball pain Retrobulbar neuritis ear pain occurs on eye movements Trigeminal neuralgia Share your opinions.