“Why do I feel cloudy vision when exposed to bright colors?”
My vision becomes cloudy and hazy when I see very bright colors. Why could this be happening, and can it be treated?
4 Answers
Need to get your optic nerves checked along with macula.
Cataract is the main cause of glare and cloudiness in these conditions in the elderly. But, if you are young, it could be dry eye syndrome or astigmatism.
It could be glare to bright lights and early central cataracts.
Cloudy vision with bright colors is most often due to lens changes in the eye. In all of us as we age, the lens inside the eye, similar to the lens in the camera, does the focusing. However, it is a bag of gel that can become more crystalized causing haze. If this is the case, how old are you? If "mature," this could be the early stages of a cataract. Sometimes retinal disease (film in the back of the camera) can become less sensitive to light and color contrasts -- is this under bright or dim conditions? If the the two eyes are different in the perception (cover each eye as you look), then see an eye doctor to get special scans of the retina.
Stephen Sinclair, MD
Stephen Sinclair, MD
