Aa
Aa
A
A
A
Close
Avatar universal

Halo Around Lights?

I am a 25 years old female that has never experienced any eyesight problems from day one I was born.  Always had 20/20 vision and never needed corrective lenses.  For the past year I have experienced a halo or haze around street lights, car front/tail lights, etc.  My visions is very clear other than the halo/haze.  When the halo/haze occurs I test my vision by reading text of every size and variance of distances on street signs, license plates, etc.  All text and objects are clear in color and focus, just as they should be.  I had gone to the eye doctor 2 months ago, because I have been experiencing the halo/haze more frequently within the past 6-8 months.  The doctor seemed to have given me a very extensive eye exam, because of my concerns of the halo/haze.  I have cataract as well as glaucoma the runs in my family in my Mothers Father and my Father's Father. The doctor was very much aware of this during my exam and he tested my eye with various methods for cataract/glaucoma, and found nothing wrong with my eyesight.  He recommended that I try "liquid tears," to test if that alleviated the symptoms.  I tried the drops and there is no success.  I work 8-10 hours 5 days a week in front of a computer, under regular office flood lighting.  During the exam the doctor was not able to make the symptoms happen with any of his tests and he felt I was young with no worries of cataract nor glaucoma.  The halo/haze is not painful at all, it's more of a major nu sense especially when I am driving with street lights, car lights, lit signs and skyscrapers.  Please help me!  This obviously is not normal, and I am very scarred that my eyes will be permanently damaged if what I am experiencing is not treated ASAP!  What should I do?  Who should I see?  Does anyone else have this problem?  


This discussion is related to Halos Around Lights.
58 Responses
Sort by: Helpful Oldest Newest
Avatar universal
I have the same problem with rainbow halos around lights. I believe the
problem has to do with high blood pressure and/or high blood pressure
in the eye. I went to an opthamologist with this problem and he prescribed
me eye drops containing PROPRANOLOL which is used to lower blood pressure. When the halos appeared I would put the eye drops in my eyes
and the halos would go away within a half hour. Later my regular doctor put me on a regular dosage of PROPRANOLOL LA (long acting) and I quit
having the halo effect. It was quite annoying having the halo effect while trying to drive or go out at night. Talk to your doctor or opthamologist.
PROPRANOLOL  is generic and inexpensive..
Helpful - 1
Avatar universal
I'm 21 and I've been experiencing this since 2013. I went to my eye doctor and he said everything was fine. I had a lot of panic attacks because of it, and then I forgot. Lately I've been feeling depressed and I started paying a lot of attention to my halos/glare/glow, whatever, I see like a glow in the edges of things like a white shirt, a transit sign, lights or bright things in general. I'll go to a doctor again but I think it's not serious because I've been living with this for 5 years and nothing happened so far.
Helpful - 0
1 Comments
Try working with a psychologist or psychiatrist on your anxiety/depression/panic  
Avatar universal
Guys, seeing a bit of glare in your vision is perfectly normal. It does NOT mean you have cataracts. Normal behavior of non-laser light is to scatter when it leaves the source of emission. It retains this scattering even when it enters your iris. In fact, the reason why cataracts are associated with glare is not because cataracts introduce glare, but because the cloudiness of the lens greatly exaggerates light scattering and makes glares more pronounced.

If your doctor says you do not have signs of cataract, then relax.
Helpful - 0
1 Comments
Avatar universal
I am 47+ male having similar situation - I see the rainbow of colors when seeing at white light bulb and see a "web" like structure around the colored bulbs ( like sodium vapor lamps). I got my eyes examined in detail from my routine ophthalmologist, who tested in great details but found virtually no problem in the eyes. I took a second opinion from another ophthalmologist, who again could not find the root cause of the issue. I am really worried as the problem is severe in the night. If any one gets/comes to know of the "cure" please share in this forum.
Helpful - 0
1 Comments
Since you've seen two different ophthalmologists with no problem being found you might use "watchful waiting" and monitor your symptoms to see if they change or something else develops.
Avatar universal
I have a similar situation going on. But I see the glowing shadow around everything that I see.  People, watching TV, no matter what I look at it I see a glowing shadow around the subject. So I can understand where you're coming from about it being scary. But then again I have two tumors growing behind "my   Optic chiasm" (which was also diagnosed as a glioma)  I can see where you are coming from.  It is very scary.
Helpful - 0
1 Comments
177275 tn?1511755244
=
Helpful - 0
177275 tn?1511755244
=
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
did you cure that
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
what is that luquids name
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
i also have same problem in left eye how did you cure this please help me
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
can any one explain this in tamil language
Helpful - 0
177275 tn?1511755244
Infection is a very unlikely cause. More likely  uncorrected refractive error/needing glasses    opacification of the posterior capsule.  

JCH MD
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
Interesting discussion.  I am 64 years of age, caucasian male,  and have had "sparks" in my vision for several years and still get them at times.  I recently have been experiencing the halo effect around lights at night too.  This started, interestingly enough, immediately following cataract surgery in March 2015 and is accompanied by the other common symptoms related here.  In addition I also have wide-angle gloucoma in both eyes.

My ophthamologist naturally has thoroughly checked my vision and eye health.  She did the surgery at a very well respected teaching hospital here in Toronto where she is practises.  In retrospect, I suppose it could be possible that I introduced an infection  while instilling the eye drops.  I need to get this checked out.

Thanks to all for the information.
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
No, I don't think that's the problem since this happens to me as well. Not scared. I don't work on the computer as much, very light to none at all for days sometimes weeks. So I don't think that this is the answer. Thank you.
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
dear fellow sufferer,  I have developed halos too. I'm 57. People when posting should reveal age more. Anyway, I think it is from computers. I have to study further, but that is what I think. I have been reading posts of too many people seeing halos. Either it's computers or it's the type of lights they are using now. I mean lights in car headlights and in street lamp posts. That's where I see it. I have had my eyes checked too and they can find nothing. So, what gives?
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
You have nothing better to do than argue with a 4 1/2 year old post?
Life must be dull living under that bridge.
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
you have a medical degree in physics? no you don't. shut up
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
vision problems are a medical and as I 'stair' at your post it is obvious you are not an ophthalmologist so do not give people medical advice  
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
I have had the same halo effect for about 4 days.  But only in my right eye. I had only my second migraine in my life about 10 days ago and it last about 6 days. I am 66.  I do work on a computer hours each day, as I am  writer.
Thanks to all of you for relaying your experiences. Good luck.
Michael
Helpful - 0
9909989 tn?1406620739
i am 22 years old .i am also experiencing this problem for past 3 days.
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
It's an ascension thing!
We are evolving and to see light means our limited view of the world is expanding.I've had this for years now.
Initially it was small  - spikes coming out or in to the light source (like little needles darting out from the centre in a circle). In fact, different countries seem to have different feeling associated with the light coming out from the lamps. And if it's a concert with generator power, the light spikes are different again. Generator powered light seems the "best"!
Then more recently (since Dec 23 12) I've got HDR vision and perception and unlimited depth of field as well, supposedly it happens to us depending on how wise we are for want of a better description.
The halow which were small have gotten really noticible expesiclly at night. I get an entire rainbow around white lights.can see an entire spectrum / rainbow. Seems after watching for 3 seconds or so it disappears and when i look again at the same light does not return, but if i look at a new light I've not looked at yet (on a walk from shops home lookig at lanpposts) then i can see the rainbow around this!
Orange sodium i think I just get the halo. I have perfect vision, been to eye doctors etc. Any other time I dont get this issue at all. Although I would almost go so far to say - light in nature seems much more alive!
Must check the link the physicist posted earlier, there is much we (especially doctors) dont know about this world.
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
Hi.. I just want to know whether you are still having this problem or not. Today, while at work, my friend and I were having fun with a toy gun and she accidentally shot me in the eye with the foam bullet (Spongy). It really hurt and then I could not feel any more pain for the rest of the day. When I drove back home from work in the dark, I had the same problems like you had. What do you think it is? I'm very worried. I hope to hear an answer from you as soon as possible.
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
Hello when i was younger around 7 i did not see these "auras" but i noticed them after i went swimming at the public pool because of the chlorine in my eyes i loved swimming at the pool and when we went swimming i alway kept my eye open while in the pool as you might guess public pools has a ton of chlorine and we went swimming for about 5 hours so when we went home my eyes would burn and we would watch tv fresh prince of bel-air and the tv would be blurry kinda like the auras i see today so im wondering if any of you might have gone swimming alot with chlorine i think thats what caused this to my eye's maybe some damage from it i dunno doesn't really bother me i was just wondering what caused it and yes i know i dont have gramer i suck at it lol well im 20 years old male and i see these lights only at night another thing that might have caused it when i was younger i was home school and spent hours in from of a computer from age 9 and i still spend 8-12 hours on the computer mostly at home but at work it depends on the day i might be on the computer for 8 hours at work or 1 hour so maybe the combo i dunno well thanks for reading this long post let me know if any of you maybe had this as a young child with the chlorine
Helpful - 0
Avatar universal
MS definitely something to look into
Helpful - 0
Have an Answer?

You are reading content posted in the Eye Care Community

Top General Health Answerers
177275 tn?1511755244
Kansas City, MO
Avatar universal
Grand Prairie, TX
Avatar universal
San Diego, CA
Learn About Top Answerers
Didn't find the answer you were looking for?
Ask a question
Popular Resources
Discharge often isn't normal, and could mean an infection or an STD.
In this unique and fascinating report from Missouri Medicine, world-renowned expert Dr. Raymond Moody examines what really happens when we almost die.
Think a loved one may be experiencing hearing loss? Here are five warning signs to watch for.
When it comes to your health, timing is everything
We’ve got a crash course on metabolism basics.
Learn what you can do to avoid ski injury and other common winter sports injury.