starbursts

[justinstb]

i see quite a few posts on starbursting on car headlights at night here,but to some extent i've always had this,car headlights in the distance to me have a slight starburst and as the car gets closer they dis-appear.
I never really gave it much thought and it does not inhibit my abiltiy to drive at night.
Does this mean i have a problem  with my vision???
also see halos round streetlights,to me they are a circular glow around the point light,i thought it  was normal to see that at night as if you take a picture of that scene with a digital camera you will also see a halo on the photo,
could it be that some ppl are too visually aware??

[asddd]

Ummm... I was wondering, do starbursts go away on its own? I am 13 and I have starbursts and they're pretty annoying. They happen during the night and the rays fill up half my vision.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

special glasses are 1. anti-reflective coating  2. aspherically ground

JCH III MD

[Jim123456]

Yes, I have had starbursts my whole life, but didn't even think they were unusual until I was about...14 or 15. I remember trying out for my license, and I was just starting to drive at night. I had turned to my mother and said "but what happens when you see those weird lights shooting up from car headlights?" She just looked at me like I was nuts. But since then, I've found out that a lot of people have them. My little brother does, too, and he's only 10. He claims he's always had them; and like me, has never even thought they were abnormal. I also see halos around lights (and sometimes other things, like my computer light and alarm clock. With the streetlights, I see a normal (if it can be called that) halo directly around the light...and then a little ways up from that, I see a big, circular rainbow colored halo. I've actually posted a few posts on here concerning these...but since then, I have come to accept them as just my eyes. It's either that, or constantly getting the "you're crazy" look from eye doctors. So yeah, don't worry about starbursts...I've always had them, and there's nothing really wrong with my eyes. If they get too bad, of course, you can always get some kind of special glasses for them. I don't know what they're called, though.

[summerluvr]

some people (myself included) see debilating glare, halos, starbust, whatever you want to call it not just around lights in the distance but around every single headlight, streetlight, traffic light, window light, tv, sign etc you get the picture, and its probably worse the closer you get to the light, in the distance everthing is just a blurr..

It seems to just start happening one day for no clear reason. things like making out the countdown on the walk don't walk sign is impossible, reading the bus route number, crossing the street at night, walking down a busy sidewalk at night really become more nerve racking even being the passenger in a car on the highway at night is uncomfortable because of the glare...this has nothing to do with anxiety, just the way it is.  

[justinstb]

yes i'm just saying some ppl who are worrying about some starbursts at night may not need to be,
i have asked quite a few ppl including my wife and at night round bright lights in the distance they see what is described here as a starburst.
It is a natural varient and it is called the ciliary coronis,
you see what can happen is ppl can 'internet diagnose ' themselves over things and cause undue anxiety.
Every eye has some abberations,right?

now if the starbursts are massive then,no obviously the person needs to be checked,
but i dont think there is many ppl in the world with 'eagle' vision at night

[John C Hagan]

If you've read the posts then you know that there are a number of eye problems that can cause this as well as a need for glasses. Only a medical eye examination can determine if there is a problem and how to fix.

FInd and Eye MD at www.aao.org

JCH III MD