Is it normal to have blurry vision at night?
Preb asked:
When driving at night my eyes tend to get blurry while looking at the lights. Like when you cry you look at lights and they look like shapes or brighter. Could it be allergies or sleepiness? Or does everyone else have this problem when driving at night. i wear prescribe glasses btw.
When driving at night my eyes tend to get blurry while looking at the lights. Like when you cry you look at lights and they look like shapes or brighter. Could it be allergies or sleepiness? Or does everyone else have this problem when driving at night. i wear prescribe glasses btw.
March 27th, 2010 at 11:56 pm |
You could be experiencing glare from the lights at night, which is a common problem for a lot of folks. The glare produces a “halo effect” which makes them seem brighter and blurrier because of the glare you’re catching from them on the front and back side of your lenses.
If you wear glasses now, you may want to look into asking for an anti-reflective coating. Its a lens treament that usually must be put on when the lenses are surfaced and cannot be applied after the fact. There are some coatings that you can have applied after you’ve had your glasses a while, but my experience with those coatings is that they aren’t very good. They scratch quite easily. There are 2 types that are very good IMO for durabiliy. The first one being Crizal or Crizal Alize by Essilor and ZEISS makes several excellent anti-reflective lenses. It greatly minimizes the glare AND they are incredibly durable against scratching. Some lesser coatings scratch VERY easily and after a while, they are so foggy and crazed that you can’t see out of them.
So, next time you get your glasses updated, tell the doctor that you having problems with glare and they will hook you up. The anti-reflective lenses are also great for computer users since you get a great deal of glare from the screen. They will help with the eyestrain and the headaches from sitting in front of the computer for too long. Its still important to take frequent breaks, but the anti-reflective lenses help a great deal.
Good luck!