The signs and symptoms of pterygium include:
- Eye irritation and burning
- Dry eye
- Redness
- Blurred vision (if the growth gets close to the cornea)
- Feeling like you have a foreign object in your eye
- Gritty eyes (scratchy or rough feeling)
- Itchiness
- Yellow spot or bump on the white of the eye
Sometimes, people with pterygium don’t experience symptoms. However, if they do, the symptoms are typically mild.