“Why do my eyes hurt when I wear my glasses?”
I have myopia and wear glasses. Every time I wear glasses my eyes hurt. What could be the cause?
2 Answers
Jason Randall Smith
Optometrist
I have a few questions and possible answers for you. How old are your glasses? If it has been more than a year or two, possibly your prescription has changed. You may need to have a new refraction which checks your prescription. If this is a new pair of glasses, you may need a short time to adapt to the new prescription depending upon your numbers from the previous prescription. Any time someone says "that their eyes hurt", this is a warning sign that something is not right. The question is, what is not right? I would strongly suggest that you make an appointment with your previous eye doctor who has all of your prescription, vision, and medical records in order to get to the bottom of what your "hurt" is coming from. It certainly can be a prescription change that may be necessary depending upon your level of myopia, any astigmatism, and the axis (the location of the astigmatism if any is present). You want to be absolutely sure that your problem is not something related to your eye pressure which should be checked as well as having a dilated exam in order to check all internal eye structures especially your optic nerves and retina. Good luck and best wishes.