Do
our eyes play an important role in our daily life?
For
no doubt, eyes are needed for every activities in our daily routine.
Lets
further discuss about the common eyes symptoms most of us facing nowadays.
- Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) symptom
What
is AMD?
AMD
is a chronic disease which lead to vision loss among people of age 50 or older.
It is a disease that causes the gradual loss of sight due to blurring or loss
of central vision. This is often as a result of deterioration of the macula.
The severity of the disease depends on each person and on how quickly it is
detected.
*Early
detection is important to potentially stop the spread of the disease and to
protect your sight.
A
very common symptom occurs when the eyes do not make enough tears or the tears
evaporate too quickly. This leads to the eyes drying out and becoming red,
swollen and irritated.
Dryness
can be caused by:
- Spending
too much time on 3c products: phones, computers, ipad, etc
- Wearing contact lens for long hours
- Perhaps due to dusty working environment
- Side effect of eyes surgery
Most
cataracts develop due to aging or injury changes the tissue that makes up your
eye's lens. Some inherited genetic disorders that cause other health problems
can increase your risk of cataracts. It can also be caused by other eye
conditions, past eye surgery or medical conditions such as diabetes.
Eyes
floaters appear as small spots that drift through your field of vision. They
may stand out when you look at something bright, like white paper or a blue
sky. They tend to dart away when you try to focus on them.
They
come in many different shapes:
- Black or grey dots
- Squiggly lines
- Threadlike strands, which can be knobby
and almost see-through
- Cobwebs
- Rings
Glaucoma
is often linked to a buildup of pressure inside your eye. It tends to be
inherited and may not show up until later in life. It can damage the optic nerve
and lead to permanent vision loss.
A
common vision problem caused by an error in the shape of the cornea. With
astigmatism, the lens of the eye or the cornea, which is the front surface of
the eye, has an irregular curve. This can change the way light passes, or
refracts, to your retina.
Astigmatism
usually causes vision to be blurred or distorted to some degree at all
distances. Symptom of uncorrected astigmatism are eye strain and headaches,
especially after reading or other prolonged visual tasks. Squinting also is a
very common symptom.
Most
commonly happen to children. Lazy eye occurs from poor alignment of the eyes
and eyes being irregularly shaped - focusing is difficult. One eye being more
near/far sighted from the other one.
Signs
and symptoms of lazy eye include:
- An eye that wanders inward or outward
- Eyes that appear to not work together
- Poor depth perception
- Squinting or shutting an eye
- Head tilting
- Abnormal results of vision screening
tests
Myopia
= shortsightedness
The
most common refractive error of the eye, and it has become more prevalent in
recent years.
If
you are shortsighted, you typically will have difficulty reading road signs and
seeing distant objects clearly, but will be able to see well or close-up tasks
such as reading and computer use.
Other
signs and symptoms of myopia include squinting, eye strain and headaches.
Feeling fatigued when driving or playing sports also can be a symptom of
uncorrected shortsighted.
If
you experience these signs while wearing your glasses or contact lenses,
schedule a comprehensive eye examination to see if you need stronger
prescription.
Presbyopia
is an eye condition in which your eye slowly loses the ability to focus quickly
on objects that are close. It is a disorder that affects everyone during the
natural aging process.
The
most common symptoms of presbyopia occur around age 40 for most people.
Common
symptoms of presbyopia are:
- having eyestrain or headaches after
reading or doing close work
- having difficulty reading small print
- having fatigue from doing close work
- needing brighter lighting when reading
or doing close work
- needing to hold reading material at an
arm's distance to focus properly on it
- overall problems seeing and focusing on
objects that are close to you
- squinting
Retinal
detachment can occur as a result of:
- A sagging vitreous - the gel-like
material that fills the inside of your eye
- Injury/ accident
- Advanced diabetes
You
are at a greater risk of developing a retinal detachment if:
- You are older than 50
- You or a family member has had a
detached retina
- You are extremely shortsighted
Retinal
detachment itself is painless. But warning signs almost always appear before it
occurs or has advanced, such as:
- The sudden appearance of many floaters -
tiny specks that seem to drift through your field of vision
- Flashes of light in one or both eyes
- Blurred vision
- Gradually reduced side vision
- A curtain-like shadow over your visual
field
People
with night blindness symptom usually experience poor vision at night or dimly
lit environment. You are more likely to experience night blindness when your
eyes transition from a bright environment to an area of low light, such as when
you leave a sunny sidewalk to enter a dimly lit restaurant. Also, you will experience poor vision when driving due to the intermittent brightness of
headlights and streetlights on the road.
Although
the term 'night blindness' implies that you can't see at night, this isn't the
case. You may just have more difficulty seeing or driving in darkness.
A
number of eye conditions can cause night blindness, including:
- shortsighted or blurred vision when
looking at faraway objects
- cataracts or clouding of the eye's lens
- retintis pigmentosa, which occurs when
dark pigment collects in your retina and creates tunnel vision
- usher symptom, which is a genetic
condition that affects both hearing and vision
* How
to detect whether you having this symptom?
Off
the light in the room, if more than 1 minute you still can't see anything
meaning you are suffering from night blindness.
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