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Photophobia, also known as having light sensitivity, is when your eyes are delicate to certain light. It can be sunlight, fluorescent light or incandescent light. Both fluorescent and incandescent lights are common in most buildings. The difference is fluorescent light is made from mixtures of gases creating light and incandescent is from electricity where electricity runs through the wire inside the bulb. Needing to squint often and headaches becoming more frequent may be an indication of light sensitivity.

Do you ever find yourself struggling with blurry vision, eye twitching, headaches and watery or dry eyes? If so, stress may be the culprit. Stress can impact various aspects of our health, including our eyes and vision. In addition to the aforementioned symptoms, stress can also cause dizziness, eye strain, sensitivity to light, eye floaters and eye spasms.

Many medications with long-term use can cause eye problems over time. Common steroid drugs such as prednisone and betamethasone can cause cataracts and glaucoma with years of use. Cataracts cause cloudiness of the lens of your eye, which is the part of the eye that helps us focus on light. Glaucoma is an eye disease that affects the nerve in the back of the eye, which causes peripheral vision loss.

Ocular melanoma is a type of cancer that develops in the eye’s melanocytes, the cells responsible for producing pigment. It is a rare cancer that is difficult to detect without regular eye exams as it typically occurs inside the eye and presents few symptoms. The middle layer of the eye, called the uveal tract, is where ocular melanoma develops most often. However, melanoma can also develop on the eyelid, in the eye socket or on the conjunctiva (the membrane covering the front of the eye).

Have you ever woken up with a red, irritated, and crusty or sticky eye? You’ve likely experienced conjunctivitis, more commonly known as pink eye. This condition occurs when the conjunctiva (the clear tissue covering the white of your eye and the interior of your eyelids) becomes irritated by allergens or infection.