If your eyes hurt when you read do you need glasses.Is this common please answer me.
2007-09-20 12:38:51 · 15 answers · asked by bobbyjack169 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
They shouldn't hurt. When you need glasses everything is blurry. You should get to an ophthalmologist. He's an MD, while an optometrist is not. Good luck. :)
2007-09-20 12:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by LadyLynn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on lighting etc.
The most common situation would be astigmatism where the eyes each have problems so bringing the two images together can cause a constant strain. I have it and can see clearly with the "wrong" glasses on, but quickly become aware of eye strain if I am using my driving glasses indoors.
Yes, you probably need glasses. Start with an eye exam.
2007-09-20 12:45:43 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may need the glasses, but I am not 100% certain. You should definitely get an appointment with an optometrist though...you may have some sort of infection or something else wrong with your eyes. Hope everything turns out for the best :)
p.s. you could always get contacts if you really don't want glasses
2007-09-20 12:47:47 · answer #3 · answered by PK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, do you have any trouble focusing on the letters? How close do you hold the book to your face? If you read for a long time without taking a break or if there isn't enough light in the room your eyes can get sore too. If you're concerned, go get your eyes checked.
2007-09-20 12:44:31 · answer #4 · answered by shadowonthesun 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. You may just be tired. If the letters are blurry that is more of a sign for needing glasses. Make an appointment and have your eyes tested just to be sure.
2007-09-20 12:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by DJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No , it just means that your eyes are adjusted to the light which you are reading , try pointing a light directly at the book, or take a break. But i defiantly think you don't need glasses , UNLESS you have to squint to read the words.
2007-09-20 12:44:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oes reading in low light hurt your eyes?
Most experts agree that reading in low light does not damage your eyes. It can cause eye strain, however, which has a number of unpleasant temporary symptoms and possibly some long-term effects.
When the room light is low, your eye adjusts in several ways. First, the rod and cone cells on the retina begin to produce more light-sensitive chemicals. These light-sensitive chemicals are the first step in detecting the light, converting it to an electrical signal and transmitting that electrical signal to the brain. Second, the iris muscles relax, which causes the opening of your eye, the pupil, to become very large. This allows your eye to collect as much light as possible. Finally, the nerve cells in the retina adapt so that they can work in low light. These three changes take about 20 minutes to 2 hours, but they increase your sensitivity to low light by about 10,000 times.
When you read, your eye must be able to focus an image of the words onto your retina. To do this, the iris, as well as the muscles that control the shape of your lens, must contract to keep the focused image on the retina. If you read in low light, your visual muscles get mixed signals: Relax to collect the most light, but at the same time, contract to maintain the focused image. When that object is poorly lit, focusing becomes even more difficult because the contrast between the words and the page is not as great, which decreases the eye's ability to distinguish visual detail. That ability is called visual acuity. Your eyes have to work harder to separate the words from the page, which strains your eye muscles. Consider this to be strenuous exercise for your eye muscles. So your eye muscles will ache, much as your arm muscles and leg muscles become sore after strenuous exercise.
When your eyes are working this hard for a long period of time, the strain may cause a number of physical effects. Symptoms of eye strain include sore eyeballs, headaches, back and neck aches, drooping eyelids and blurred vision. Because you often don't blink enough when focusing on a single object, you may also experience uncomfortable dryness in your eyes. None of this damages your eyes, and all of it eventually goes away after you stop straining them. Many eye doctors leave it at that, but some note that eye strain may contribute to nearsightedness. Most people who are nearsighted were born that way, but there is evidence that prolonged eye strain can make it worse.
If you are comfortable reading with a flashlight (or other low light) and don't experience any of the above symptoms of eye strain, it's probably fine for you to read this way. It's certainly easier on your eyes to read in good light, however. You can also avoid eye strain when you're reading by blinking frequently and taking a moment to focus on something out the window or across the room every 15 to 30 minutes.
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2007-09-20 12:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually when you get headaches from reading, or what your reading gets blurry is the time to go to a doctor and get checked out. If your eyes hurt it could be they are are just dry or fatigued
2007-09-20 13:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not nessacarely do you need galsses it could be drye eyes try artifial tear drops when you are reading.
how old are you if you are 40 or more than glasses would help
2007-09-20 12:43:14 · answer #9 · answered by Marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-17 16:55:40 · answer #10 · answered by Daniel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋