a few days ago i went out to town with a few friends and i got a bad headache and my eyes felt squinty and achy and slightly blurd but not much, one of my friends [who wears glasses for distance] could see i was squinting and asked me to read out some signs at a distance, i only got two out of five correct, we then went to a park area and then he then asked me to put on his glasses and wear them for about 30 mins, my headache and eyeache had almost gone after a fer mins. after the 30mins he told me to read five more signs at a distance, and i got them all, i then gave his glasses back, as soon as i removed the glasses things were more blurd than before and took quite a while to go back to slightly blurd by that time my headache came back. he said i was short sighted and needed to go to the optitions,
could this be the start of short sight?
or could this just be eyestrain? because i am 22 and short sight mostly starts between the ages 11-20
i do use a computer and read a lot.
2007-12-13 06:20:43 · 5 answers · asked by mr coyote 3 in Health ➔ Optical
P.S. i cannot drive yet, starting lessons soon after christmas
this happend while walking in town
2007-12-13 07:34:15 · update #1
You probably are a little short sighted, or you may have some astigmatism. Uncorrected astigmatism commonly causes headaches. Your friend's glasses were obviously too strong for you - that is why it took a while for your vision to get back to normal when you took them off. Don't do that! But if they made you feel better, then it is unlikely to be just eyestrain as the cause of your symptoms.
Go get an eye test and you will find out for sure. My money is on astigmatism. It is definitely not unheard of for either to appear over the age of 20. Usually the later it starts, the lower your prescription will end up.
2007-12-13 09:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bindy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short Sighted Symptoms
2016-12-16 15:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest listening to the optician. I don't know what your prescription means but if you are near sighted, I guess you are calling it short sighted, that means you can see things close up quite easily. (You have sight for the near things is how I think about it). If you are far sighted (the equivalent to your long sighted) then you can see far away quite clearly, it's seeing things close up that gives you trouble. Either way, wear your glasses. If they don't help enough, go back and have your prescription checked again.
2016-03-15 23:10:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself round to an opticians for an eye test. It could be simple short sight as you suggest or any of a number of other things which can easily be dealt with.
Eyes are too precious to trust to luck. You need proper assessment and examination.
2007-12-13 06:34:25 · answer #4 · answered by Bilbo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a proper eye exam. Look up in the yellow pages for an optometrist or ophthalmologist and make an appointment.
(In North America, opticians only sell glasses; they don't perform proper eye exams.)
2007-12-13 09:38:24 · answer #5 · answered by Wombat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself to an opticians and quickly.
If you carry on you could have a serious accident.
2007-12-13 06:35:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋