louise123_uk
17-07-13, 20:32
My eyes have been watering maybe once every other day for the past 6months or so, it happens mainly in bright sunlight, and sometimes when I've been working on a computer all day and finally look a way for a bit. I initially thought perhaps eye strain, but its started happening more and more regularly and even when I haven't been working on a comp. It's def not something like an infection or conjunctivitis, as it isn't this type of watering, my eyes burn and stream for maybe 5mins and then it passes. Nor is it hay fever, I have never suffered from this and have no other symptoms such as being bunged up, sneezing etc I have kind of been dismissing it as a minor annoyance but as it is happening most days at least once now, it's starting to make me panic a bit what it really is. My nana has recently been diagnosed with macular degeneration, and a build up of fluid behind the eye, and is waiting to find out whether she may go blind, which has really scared me, as my great grandmother did go blind as did one of my nanas brothers. I have been googling and have read about photophobia, basically a sensitivity to light which seems to have various different causes, some of which are fairly serious like macular degeneration. Needless to say I'm now feeling very scared I could have a serious eye disease, especially given my nana!
I haven't been to the optician as there is nothing wrong with my actual sight at all its just the intermittent watering and burning. I kind of only want to go as a last resort, as I know virtually everyone who ever sees an optician, even when not having any difficulty seeing lands up with some sort of glasses as lets face it, none of us probs has 20/20 vision, but as I have no general probs seeing so Id want to avoid glasses as long as poss until I am having difficulty.
Has anyone else experienced eye watering in bright light or at other random times and its turned out to be nothing, trying not to google as every website seems to have serious conditions related to eye watering. The though of going blind is a very scary thought!
I haven't been to the optician as there is nothing wrong with my actual sight at all its just the intermittent watering and burning. I kind of only want to go as a last resort, as I know virtually everyone who ever sees an optician, even when not having any difficulty seeing lands up with some sort of glasses as lets face it, none of us probs has 20/20 vision, but as I have no general probs seeing so Id want to avoid glasses as long as poss until I am having difficulty.
Has anyone else experienced eye watering in bright light or at other random times and its turned out to be nothing, trying not to google as every website seems to have serious conditions related to eye watering. The though of going blind is a very scary thought!