BLURRED VISION - CAUSES AND TREATMENT | JAPAN INTERNATIONAL EYE HOSPITAL

Blurred vision is a common symptom in people of all ages. This condition can stem from living habits, using the eyes, etc., but can also be a sign of more serious diseases in the eyes and body. Join the Japan International Eye Hospital to learn the causes of blurred vision and effective treatment through the article below!

What is blurred vision?

Blurry vision is the phenomenon of vision impairment, objects in front of the eye lose sharpness, at a distance, at a distance, or both. Blurry vision can occur in one eye or both eyes.

Blurry vision is the most obvious manifestation of patients with refractive errors, however, it can also be an early sign of more serious eye diseases, especially when the eyes are accompanied by some symptoms. following icon:

• The vision is blurred as if there is a fog blocking the eyes.
• Decreased peripheral vision (tubular field of vision), vision in the periphery (rim) may be blurred or darker than the center.
• Obstructed vision, always feeling that there are floating objects or halos that make it difficult for the eyes to focus and see clearly at a fixed distance.
• Double vision, triple vision.

Causes of blurred vision

Refractive error

Blurred vision is a common phenomenon when the eyes have refractive errors (near, far, astigmatism). Eye with refractive error is an eye that has abnormalities in the optical composition, causing light rays to focus in front of or behind the retina, making the image of the object that the eye sees blurry, blurred. Refractive errors cause patients to see clearly, eyestrain, and eyelid twitching affecting activities and quality of life.

Cataract

Blurred vision can be an early warning sign for cataracts. Cataracts (cataracts, cataracts) is a phenomenon where proteins gather in clusters, creating opaque areas in the lens, scattering light through, blocking light from reaching the retina. Cataracts make the patient's vision impaired, blurred vision and if not treated promptly, can lead to blindness. In addition, mature cataracts can cause glaucoma, red eyes, sore eyes, and headaches. At that time, not only the patient was permanently blind, but also had to remove the eyeball.

Glaucoma

When you have Glaucoma, the pressure in your eye will increase, damaging the optic nerve, leading to loss of vision, even blindness if not treated promptly. If blurred vision is combined with decreased peripheral vision (tubular field of vision), it is highly likely that this is a symptom of glaucoma.

Macular degeneration

Macular degeneration can cause blurred vision because part of the retina (macular) is damaged over time. It is the most common disease in the elderly and has the third highest risk of blindness in the world.

Keratitis

Blurred vision can be caused by keratitis, because there is a foreign object in the eye, thereby affecting vision. Some causes of keratitis can include infections (viruses, bacteria), allergies. This is a temporary condition, vision will be restored once the disease is treated.

Dry eyes

Dry eyes not only bring a feeling of entanglement, pain, discomfort, but also can cause temporary vision fluctuations, blurred vision. Eyes can be dry due to many different causes such as weather changes, not blinking frequently, eyelid gland blockage... When having dry eyes, the patient needs to be examined and treated to avoid this condition prolonging for a long time. cause more serious eye problems.

Eye Injury

If the eye encounters trauma from foreign objects (metal, glass, wood chips, ...) or chemicals splashed into the eye, the patient's vision will also be affected with varying severity. depending on the severity of the wound. When experiencing eye injuries, patients need to go directly to reputable ophthalmology facilities for examination and treatment instead of self-treating at home to avoid the infection progressing worse.

To find out the exact cause of blurred vision, patients should go to an eye specialist hospital to be examined with modern equipment and consulted by a highly qualified doctor.
 

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How to treat blurred vision?

Depending on the cause of your vision loss, you may want to consider treatments such as:

• Treatment prescribed by an ophthalmologist: Using eye drops, glasses, contact lenses or lasers, surgery.
• Improve diet: Add some beneficial foods such as lutein, zeaxanthin, green leafy vegetables, citrus fruits, ...
• Habit of using scientific eyes: Adjust your eyes regularly, apply eye exercises such as the 20-20-20 rule (every 20 minutes look at near, look away from a distance of 20 feet for 20 seconds).
• Whole body health care: Control the indicators in the body if the patient has blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease,...
• Periodic eye examination every 6 months: Blurred vision can be improved and controlled well if it is examined and treated early. In particular, if the sudden blurred vision is accompanied by double vision, triple vision, eye pain or severe headache, the patient needs to go to medical facilities immediately to find out the cause and have an intervention plan. timely.