What Causes Your Eyes to Go Blurry?

Getting blurry vision after spending a long time in front of a screen or focused on one item is pretty common among most people. However, if your eyes go blurry with sudden difficulty in seeing, it can be bothersome. In most cases, blurred vision may affect one or both of your eyes and, as such, impacting your ability to see objects clearly. While blurred vision clears after a while, understanding why it happens can help you deal with blurry vision and require urgent medical attention, if need be, to avoid pronounced and permanent damage or loss of vision. Here are some factors that cause your eyes to go blurry.  

• Eye Defects

Eye defects like myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism are some of the leading causes of blurry vision. Your eyes go blurry if you have any of these defects because there is an obstruction of rays of lights so that they can’t focus on the retina because of the curve of your eyes. Glasses or corrective lenses prescribed by an optometrist can correct this problem and help you deal with blurry vision

• Strain

When you sit at your computer for too long or stare at your mobile device for long hours, you are likely to experience some problems with your eyes such as blurry vision. Take regular breaks from the screen, blink frequently, and use anti-glare glasses to prevent any eye strain that may cause your eyes to go blurry.

• Overuse of contact lenses

Contact lenses usually come with a prescribed amount of time for daily use and using them for more hours than necessary may cause the dirt in the tear film to build-up on the contact lens. When this dirt builds up, it can result in blurry vision, or create a bigger problem like an eye infection.

• Glaucoma

Glaucoma is an eye defect that is caused by the damage of the nerve that connects the eyes to the brain. One of the symptoms of glaucoma is blurry vision, and if it is left untreated, it may result in permanent loss of sight. You should visit an optometrist if you have persistent occurrences of blurred eyesight.

• Concussion

If you suffer a serious or mild injury, with trauma to the head, it can lead to a concussion. The effects of a concussion include a loss of consciousness and the disruption of normal brain functions, which include sight. So, if you suffer a concussion, your eyes may go blurry, and you should seek immediate medical attention.

Blurred vision may be the result of minor or major concerns. If you notice that your eyes go blurry frequently, you should pay a visit to an optometrist to have your eyes checked for possible defects and get appropriate medical care.