| Blurred vision can be an entirely unpleasant | | | | common disorder and affects approximately 25 |
| experience. Not to mention the fact that it can be | | | | percent of American adults. |
| a symptom of serious diseases and disorders. | | | | Another mild eye disorder that can be a cause of |
| The most common cause of blurred vision is the | | | | it is hyperopia or farsightedness. This is the |
| weakening of muscles which misshapes the lens | | | | opposite of myopia and occurs when objects |
| of your eyes. When the lenses also lose their | | | | from a distance look clear while objects up close |
| elasticity, it can also occur. Loss of elasticity is | | | | look blurry. In contrast to myopia, hyperopia |
| quite inevitable with aging, but this process can be | | | | happens when the eye is too short and when the |
| slowed down by antioxidants. | | | | images are focused beyond the eye's retina. |
| Cataracts are another cause of blurred vision. | | | | If you have dry eyes, you may also be |
| Driving at night can be particularly difficult for | | | | experiencing blurry vision. Dry eyes occur when |
| patients with cataracts because the headlights of | | | | you don't actually produce enough tears, or when |
| vehicles may blind or dazzle them. Another cause | | | | your tear ducts produce poor quality tears. This is |
| of is macular degeneration. Macular degeneration | | | | an uncomfortable sensation, because it can cause |
| occurs when neurons at the back of our eyes | | | | burning, itching and even loss of vision in some |
| lose their light. Unfortunately, blurring of this type | | | | patients. Eye specialists suggest using special eye |
| cannot be corrected by glasses alone because the | | | | drops, or "artificial tears" to treat dry eyes. A |
| neurons themselves are damaged. Some patients | | | | humidifier in the home can also help regulate your |
| still find some relief from this disorder when their | | | | tear ducts. In some serious cases, surgery may |
| doctors correct micronutrients such as selenium, | | | | be needed to treat this disorder. |
| zinc and magnesium in their eyes. | | | | Blurry vision is not something to take lightly. It |
| It can also be caused by myopia, which is the | | | | may be something as seemingly harmless as |
| medical term of near or short-sightedness. This | | | | myopia or hyperopia, which can be treated by |
| occurs when there is too much curving of the | | | | corrective glasses, lenses or laser eye surgery, or |
| cornea or if the eye itself is too long. Myopia is | | | | it may be a symptom of something more serious. |
| when objects from a distance will seem blurry. | | | | Either way, when you experience blurry vision, |
| They appear blurry because they are too focused | | | | have your eyes checked immediately by your |
| in front of the eye's retina. Nearsightedness is a | | | | doctor. |