Cold sore: Viruses or localised infections can cause the eye to redden â the problem usually starts in one eye, but can spread to both. The cold sore virus, which 90 per cent of us carry, can sometimes also infect the eye, causing inflammation.
Endorphins are chemicals, called peptides, that are made in the body. They have much of the same effect on a person as opium or morphine. As a result, they actually lower the feeling of pain in the body and can create a feeling of bliss or euphoria.
Medical Definition of ENDORPHIN. : any of a group of endogenous peptides (as enkephalin and dynorphin) found especially in the brain that bind chiefly to opiate receptors and produce some of the same pharmacological effects (as pain relief) as those of opiates; specifically: beta-endorphin.edical Definition of ENDORPHIN. : any of a group of endogenous peptides (as enkephalin and dynorphin) found especially in the brain that bind chiefly to opiate receptors and produce some of the same pharmacological effects (as pain relief) as those of opiates; specifically: beta-endorphin.