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Originally Posted by Merope
After suffering a concussion about six weeks ago, I noticed that I see starbursts around bright lights. Whenever I blink, the light elongates.
I had my eyes checked numerous times (slit lamp exams, ocular tomography scans etc) and they are healthy. I assume the problem is with the brain. I don’t have light sensitivity or blurry vision, though my lazy eye does feel somewhat lazier than usual. I don’t get double vision though, unless my eye squints (happens when I’m very tired).
Anyway, has anyone experiences glare around bright lights as a result of a concussion? Does it get better with time? I’ve noticed the glare isn’t there at all when looking at lights through slightly tinted windows (like on a train). I also don’t have light sensitivity...unless seeing glare is a type of light sensitivity? I always assumed light sensitivity is when light hurts your eyes...but I can look at bright lights without much discomfort, just like before my concussion.
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Hey Merope,
Yes. It is normal to see glare around lights.
1) Lights by their very nature may cause glare. This is a natural phenomenon.
2)The eye is not a camera it is an imperfect living optical system with a blood supply and nerve supply and retina connected to the visual cortex in the brain. Optical illusions are therefore possible. These are natural phenomena
3) Perception requires a subject, a visual system and a brain to observe, make and interpret an image. That glare has always been there for you but you have become hyper aware of your eyes since your head trauma. It is your perception that has changed. How you notice and interpret images. This is perfectly understandable. It happens a lot.
You have had your eyes checked on numerous occasions. Everything is ok. The optometrist would have checked your tear layer with a slit lamp. Whilst Mark's suggestion is useful, it is something an optometrist would have picked up on. Tear layer anomalies occur later in life and are extremely unlikely at 27 so Mark's advice is inappropriate in your case.
Next time you find yourself looking at lights etc, imagine a big tick, maybe like the Nike Logo or a different one maybe black or green. Watch that tick become larger and more vivid and let it grow in you mind's eye to remind yourself that everything is OK .
Because everything is OK