Your eye symptoms of irritation, watering, redness, and painful eyelids along with heat intolerance while cooking suggest an eye inflammation or infection, possibly conjunctivitis or blepharitis.

🩺 What This Likely Is

These signs often indicate an eye infection or inflammation, which can be bacterial, viral, or allergic. Painful eyelids and sensitivity to heat may point to inflammation of the eyelid margins (blepharitis) or conjunctiva.

🩺 What You Should Do

• Avoid rubbing your eyes and exposure to irritants like smoke or strong heat.
• Use a clean, cool compress to soothe your eyelids.
• Maintain good eyelid hygiene by gently cleaning the eyelid margins with a warm, damp cloth.
• Since bacterial infection is possible, a specialist ophthalmologist should evaluate you to confirm the cause and prescribe appropriate treatment, which may include antibiotic eye drops like Moxifloxacin if bacterial infection is confirmed.
• Avoid cooking near direct heat until symptoms improve.

⚠️ When to Seek Urgent Care

• If you experience worsening pain, vision changes, or increased redness and swelling.
• If you develop fever or severe eye discharge.

Seeing an ophthalmologist promptly will help get the right diagnosis and treatment to relieve your symptoms safely.To narrow down potential causes, we will need some more information.Please tell me your age and gender.