Symptom Checker

  • When to seek medical advice

    • Seek prompt medical care if you have sudden changes in vision accompanied by:

    • Severe eye pain or irritation
    • Swelling or redness in or around your eyes
    • Discharge of blood or pus from your eyes
    • Nausea or vomiting
    • Double vision or loss of vision
    • Sudden onset of eye floaters with or without flashing lights

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Vision problems

Find possible causes of vision problems based on specific factors. Check one or more factors on this page that apply to your symptom.

  • Blurring of lines

  • Blurry distant objects

  • Blurry nearby objects

  • Blurry or blind spot in center of vision

  • Clouded or hazy vision

  • Deviated eye

  • Difficulty distinguishing color shades

  • Difficulty seeing at night

  • Double vision

  • Fading of colors

  • Halos around lights

  • Loss of side vision

  • Objects appear distorted

  • Sensitivity to light

  • Shadow or curtain over part of visual field

  • Shimmering spot starting near center of vision

  • Spots or stringy bits in field of vision

  • Sudden blurred vision

  • Sudden flashes of light

  • Sudden vision loss, partial or total

  • Wandering eye

  • Eye redness

  • Eyestrain

  • Headache

  • History of diabetes

  • Nausea or vomiting

  • Need to hold objects away from face

  • Need to hold objects close to face

  • Pain or discomfort when moving eyes

  • Persistent squinting

  • Severe eye pain

 

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